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Webster 1913 Edition
Saltatory
Sal′ta-to′ry
,Adj.
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
. Saltatory spasm
(Med.)
, an affection in which pressure of the foot on a floor causes the patient to spring into the air, so as to make repeated involuntary motions of hopping and jumping.
J. Ross.