Usually means: Jumping or leaping movement process.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word saltation:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. saltation: Merriam-Webster
  2. saltation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. saltation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. saltation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. saltation: Vocabulary.com
  6. saltation: Wordnik
  7. saltation: Wiktionary
  8. saltation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. saltation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. saltation: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. saltation: Dictionary.com
  12. Saltation (biology), Saltation (gait), Saltation (geology), Saltation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Saltation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. saltation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. saltation: Rhymezone
  16. Saltation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. saltation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. saltation: FreeDictionary.org
  19. saltation: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. saltation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. saltation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. saltation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. saltation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. saltation: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (saltation)

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

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