sal|ta|tion

sal|ta|tion
sal|ta|tion «sal TAY shuhn», noun.
1. a) the act of leaping, bounding, or jumping: »

Locusts…being ordained for saltation, their hinder legs do far exceed the other (Thomas Browne).

 b) a leap.
2. Figurative. an abrupt movement, change, or transition.
3. Biology. a mutation.
4. the process by which material too heavy to remain in suspension is moved along by a current of water or air in a series of jumping movements.
╂[< Latin saltātiō, -ōnis < saltāre; see etym. under saltate (Cf. ↑saltate)]

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