prominence
nounUK /ˈpɹɒ.mɪ.nəns/ · US /ˈpɹɑ.mɪ.nəns/
Etymology From obsolete French prominence (compare proéminence), from Latin prominentia.
1
The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
- “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- In 1949, the simple premise of discovering ordinary people who have hidden, extraordinary talents came to prominence in the UK with Opportunity Knocks, which started out as a nationwide touring radio show, before moving onto TV in 1956.2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC:
2
Relative importance.
3
A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
4
Geography, Natural sciences, Topography Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.
5
Astronomy, Natural sciences A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star.
- Derived terms
- laryngeal prominence, overprominence, solar prominence, superprominence