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saltatory |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Saltatory \Sal"ta*to"ry\, a. [L. saltatorius. See {Saltant}, and cf {Saltire}.] Leaping or dancing; having the power of or used in leaping or dancing. {Saltatory evolution} (Biol.), a theory of evolution which holds that the transmutation of species is not always gradual, but that there may come sudden and marked variations. See {Saltation}.
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