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saliency en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈseɪ.ljən.si/ (UK, US)
  • /ˈseɪ.li.ən.si/ (UK, US)
  • /ˈsæɪ.li.ən.si/ (Australia)
  • /ˈsæɪ.ljən.si/ (Australia)

Etymology

From salient + -cy.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) the quality of being salient; salience
    • The saliency of the model of production with convexity and constant returns to scale technologies recommends that we examine it in some further detail. 1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, page 154:

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