'Saltatory' definitions:
Definition of 'Saltatory'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'saltatory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anabatic,
- ascendant,
- ascending,
- ascensional,
- ascensive,
- bouncing,
- bounding,
- climbing,
- convulsive,
- eclamptic,
- fidgety,
- fitful,
- hopping,
- in the ascendant,
- jerking,
- jerky,
- jiggety,
- jumping,
- jumpy,
- leaping,
- mounting,
- orgasmic,
- prancing,
- rampant,
- rearing,
- rising,
- saltant,
- saltatorial,
- scandent,
- scansorial,
- skipping,
- skyrocketing,
- spasmodic,
- spastic,
- spiraling,
- springing,
- twitchety,
- twitching,
- twitchy,
- uparching,
- upcoming,
- upgoing,
- upgrade,
- uphill,
- uphillward,
- uprising,
- upsloping,
- upward,
- upwith,
- vellicative