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saltation

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun saltation has 5 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

saltationn. [L. saltatio: cf. F. saltation.].
  •  A leaping or jumping.  [1913 Webster]
    "Continued his saltation without pause."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.  [1913 Webster]
  •  An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races.  [1913 Webster]
    "We greatly suspect that nature does make considerable jumps in the way of variation now and then, and that these saltations give rise to some of the gaps which appear to exist in the series of known forms."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

saltation, n.
1 the act or an instance of leaping or dancing; a jump.
2 a sudden transition or movement.

Derivative
saltatory adj. saltatorial adj.
Etymology
L saltatio f. saltare frequent. of salire salt- leap

ROGET THESAURUS

saltation

Leap

N leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation, ance, caper, curvet, caracole, gambade, gambado, capriole, demivolt, buck, buck jump, hop skip and jump, falcade, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea, buckjumper, wallaby, leaping, saltatory, frisky, on the light fantastic toe, di salto in salto.

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