prōmĭnentĭa, ae, f. [prominens],
a jutting out , projection , prominence (postAug.): ita uti summam habeant prominentiam (anterides), Vitr. 6, 11; praecordiorum, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 5, 50; in plur. of promontories , Sol. 27, 1.