ALL meanings of prominence
prom·i·nence
P p - noun prominence public attention 1
- noun prominence importance 1
- abbreviation PROMINENCE protuberance 1
- noun prominence Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness. 1
- noun prominence something that is prominent; a projection or protuberance: a prominence high over a ravine. 1
- noun prominence Also called solar prominence. Astronomy. an eruption of a flamelike tongue of relatively cool, high-density gas from the solar chromosphere into the corona where it can be seen during a solar eclipse or by observing strong spectral lines in its emission spectrum. 1
- uncountable noun prominence If someone or something is in a position of prominence, they are well-known and important. 0
- noun prominence the state or quality of being prominent 0
- noun prominence something that is prominent, such as a protuberance 0
- noun prominence relative importance or consequence 0
- noun prominence an eruption of incandescent gas from the sun's surface that can reach an altitude of several hundred thousand kilometres. Prominences are visible during a total eclipse. When viewed in front of the brighter solar disc, they are called filaments 0
- noun prominence something that is prominent or that sticks out, as a hill 0
- noun prominence any of the luminous clouds of solar gas arching from the chromosphere into the much hotter corona: best seen at the edge of the sun, as during an eclipse 0