Saltatory /(?)/
Sal·ta·to·ry
Saltatory
a.
- Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing.
Phrases & Compounds
- Saltatory evolution
- 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
- 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.