Usually means: Leaping or jumping in movement.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. saltatory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. saltatory: Collins English Dictionary
  3. saltatory: Wordnik
  4. saltatory: Wiktionary
  5. saltatory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. saltatory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. saltatory: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. saltatory: Dictionary.com
  9. Saltatory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Saltatory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. saltatory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Saltatory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. saltatory: FreeDictionary.org
  14. saltatory: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. saltatory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  16. saltatory: Merriam-Webster

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  1. saltatory: Encyclopedia

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  1. saltatory: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. saltatory: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (saltatory)

▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to leaps or leaping.
▸ adjective:  Proceeding by leaps rather than by smooth, continuous variation.

Similar:
saltatorial, saltatoric, saltational, leaprous, leptonic, leptospirotic, lemony, plyometric, ludic, levitational, more...

Opposite:
stationary, still, motionless, immobile

Types:
skipping, leaping, bouncing, hopping, jumping, more...

Phrases:
Saltatory conduction, saltatory evolution, saltatory spasm, more...

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Similar:
saltatorial, saltatoric, saltational, leaprous, leptonic, leptospirotic, lemony, plyometric, ludic, levitational, more...

Opposite:
stationary, still, motionless, immobile

Types:
skipping, leaping, bouncing, hopping, jumping, more...

Phrases:
Saltatory conduction, saltatory evolution, saltatory spasm, more...



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