saltation
saltation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.
- 2.(Biol.) An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races. We greatly suspect that nature does make considerable jumps in the way of variation now and then, and that these saltations give rise to some of the gaps which appear to exist in the series of known forms. Huxley.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- agitation
- amusement
- ance
- and
- bob
- bounce
- bound
- buck
- caper
- capriole
- caracole
- chamois
- curvet
- cut
- dance
- demivolt
- falcade
- fantastic
- flea
- flounce
- foot
- frisk
- frisky
- frog
- goat
- grasshopper
- hop
- jerboa
- jump
- kangaroo
- leap
- leaping
- light
- moon
- off
- oneself
- over
- ramp
- saltatory
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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