Saltatory

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "saltatory":
     anabatic, ascendant, ascending, ascensional, ascensive, bouncing,
     bounding, climbing, convulsive, eclamptic, fidgety, fitful,
     hopping, in the ascendant, jerking, jerky, jiggety, jumping, jumpy,
     leaping, mounting, orgasmic, prancing, rampant, rearing, rising,
     saltant, saltatorial, scandent, scansorial, skipping, skyrocketing,
     spasmodic, spastic, spiraling, springing, twitchety, twitching,
     twitchy, uparching, upcoming, upgoing, upgrade, uphill, uphillward,
     uprising, upsloping, upward, upwith, vellicative