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What (who) is saltation$71824$ - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Saltations; Saltating; Saltation (disambiguation)
Saltation
·noun A leaping or jumping.
II. Saltation ·noun Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.
III. Saltation ·noun An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races.
saltation
[sal'te??(?)n, s?:-, s?-]
¦ 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.
Derivatives
saltatory 'salt?t(?)ri, 's?:-, 's?- adjective
Origin
C17 (in sense 3): from L. saltatio(n-), from saltare 'to dance', frequentative of salire 'to leap'.
saltation
n.
1.
Leaping, jumping, hopping, springing, bounding, vaulting.
2.
Palpitation.
Wikipedia
Saltation
Saltation may refer to:
- Saltation (biology), an evolutionary hypothesis emphasizing sudden and drastic change
- Saltation (geology), a process of particle transport by fluids
- Cutaneous rabbit illusion (sensory saltation), a perceptual illusion evoked by a rapid sequence of sensory stimuli
- Saltation (software engineering), the antithesis of continuous integration
- Saltation (novel), a novel set in Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's Liaden universe
