Saltatory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or adapted for leaping or dancing.
  • adj. Proceeding by leaps rather than by smooth gradual transitions.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or pertaining to leaps or leaping
  • adj. That proceeds by leaps rather than by smooth, continuous variation
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as saltatorial.
  • n. A leaper or dancer.
    • Word Usage
    "In recent years Bateson in particular has championed the idea of saltatory, or so-called discontinuous evolution, and has collected a number of cases in which more or less marked variations have suddenly appeared."
    Cross Reference
    saltatory theory of evolution   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dancing    jumping   
    Same Context
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