- the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- something that is prominent; a projection or protuberance: a prominence high over a ravine.
- 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.
- the state or quality of being prominent
- something that is prominent, such as a protuberance
- relative importance or consequence
- 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
