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Definition of: saltation

(sal·tāshən) noun
1. A leaping or leap, as in a dance.
2. A throbbing or palpitation, as of a blood vessel.
3 a Mutation. b In evolutionary theory, the abrupt development of new species by a major mutational change. [<L saltatio, -onis <saltatus, pp. of saltare. See SALTANT.]

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