Saltation
nounid
125769·updated May 18, 2026verified
(geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface
polysemous
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Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- bouncebounddancedancingjumpleapleapingspringterpsichore
- plural
- Saltations
- possessive
- Saltation's
- pluralpossessive
- Saltations'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- §2
- taking a series of rhythmical steps and movements in time to music
- §3
- an abrupt transition
- §4
- in genetics, a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species
- §5
- (geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface
- §1 · legacy_primary
- (geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surfaceDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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