Prominence (disambiguation)
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Prominence may refer to:
- Solar prominenceSolar prominenceA prominence is a large, bright feature extending outward from the Sun's surface, often in a loop shape. Prominences are anchored to the Sun's surface in the photosphere, and extend outwards into the Sun's corona...
, a phenomenon occurring on the Sun - Topographic prominenceTopographic prominenceIn topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop , or prime factor , categorizes the height of the mountain's or hill's summit by the elevation between it and the lowest contour line encircling it and no higher summit...
, a categorization of hills or mountains - Maxillary prominence, a facial bone
- Prominence (phonetics) in linguistic expressions