Saltate

//ˈsæl.teɪt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To leap or dance. intransitive
  2. 2
    leap or skip, often in dancing wordnet
  3. 3
    To move by being lifted by wind or water and carried a short distance before being redeposited, possibly multiple times. intransitive

    "saltate grains"

  4. 4
    move by saltation wordnet

Example

More examples

"to saltate freely over a surface, a relatively small concentration (p>0.9) of particles assures undisturbed trajectories for individual particles"

Etymology

See saltant.

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