saltation
21saltation — noun a) A leap, jump or dance. b) A sudden change from one generation to the next; a mutation …
22saltation — A dancing or leaping, as in a disease ( e.g., chorea) or physiologic function ( e.g., saltatory conduction). [L. saltatio, fr. salto, pp. atus, to dance, fr. salio, to leap] * * * sal·ta·tion sal tā shən, sȯl n 1) the origin of a new species or …
23saltation — the transport of load by bouncing along the bed of a river channel …
24Saltation — Spring …
25Saltation — Sal|ta|ti|on die; , en <aus lat. saltatio »Sprung«> Evolutionssprung, plötzliches Auftreten neuer Organe u. Baupläne (Biol.) …
26saltation — sal·ta·tion || sæl teɪʃn n. leaping movement, jumping motion; sudden movement; mutation (Biology) …
27saltation — [sal teɪʃ(ə)n, sɔ: , sɒ ] noun 1》 Biology abrupt evolutionary change; sudden large scale mutation. 2》 Geology the transport of hard particles over an uneven surface in a turbulent flow of air or water. 3》 archaic the action of leaping or dancing …
28saltation — n. 1. Leaping, jumping, hopping, springing, bounding, vaulting. 2. Palpitation …
29saltation — sal·ta·tion …
30saltation — sal•ta•tion [[t]sælˈteɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) a dancing or leaping movement 2) an abrupt movement or transition 3) bio gen Biol. a) a sudden discontinuity in a line of descent b) a mutation • Etymology: 1640–50; < L saltātiō dancing =saltā(re) to… …
