saliency

English

Etymology

From salient +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.li.ən.si/, /ˈseɪ.ljən.si/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsæɪ.li.ən.si/, /ˈsæɪ.ljən.si/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lien‧cy

Noun

saliency (countable and uncountable, plural saliencies)

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