saltatory

a. தாவிக்குதிக்கிற, தாவி நடனமாடுகிற, குதியாற்றலுடைய, தாவுநடனத்திறம் வாய்ந்த, குதிப்பில் வழங்குகிற, தாவு நடனத்தில் வழங்குகிற, திடீரென மாறுகிற.

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Sal"ta*to"ry, a. Etym: [L. saltatorius. See Saltant, and cf. Saltire.] Defn: 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.

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