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saltatory
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to leaps or leaping 2 That proceeds by leaps rather than by smooth, continuous variation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. Saltatory evolution (Biol.), a theory of evolution which holds that the transmutation of species is not ...
Usage examples of saltatory.
There are various types which have been called the paralytic, the choreic, and the saltatory.
It was necessary, because the theory of punctuated equilibria is frequently confused with saltatory evolution.
The 'complexity argument' against saltatory evolution does not apply to Stretched DC8 macromutations because, if we look in detail at the nature of the change involved, they are in a real sense not true macromutations at all.