Saltation

Quick meaning: Saltation is a noun meaning A leap, jump or dance.

Meaning

A leap, jump or dance.

More Meanings

1. Beating or palpitation.
2. (biology) A sudden change from one generation to the next; a mutation.
3. Any abrupt transition.
4. (geology, fluid mechanics) The transport of loose particles by a fluid (such as wind or flowing water).
5. (biology) The act of jumping, or hopping, using all legs simultaneously (although the contribution to motion is typically made chiefly by the hind legs).

Example Sentences

the saltation of the great artery

still keeping time to the music like Harlequin in a pantomime, he thrust a letter into our hero′s hand, and continued his saltation without pause or intermission.

Rolling is thought to account for about 10% of the mass when creep and saltation occur together.[…]The transition from saltation to suspension occurs when the wind speed exceeds about 15 m/s.

Of extreme importance in the saltation phenomenon is the vertical distribution of particles, as well as total flux, as functions of the wind speed. The formations of all scales of bed formations, from centimeter-size ripples to kilometer-size dunes, are all due to the saltation process.

Word Forms

• saltations

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include leap, jump, flyer, sprunt, bounding, ramp.

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