saltusn.

Brit.

/ˈsaltəs/, U.S.

/ˈsæltəs/,

/ˈsɔltəs/,

/ˈsɑltəs/

Etymology: Latin = leap.

A ‘leap’ or sudden transition; a breach of continuity. Also in combinations. Cf. salto mortale n. at salto n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [noun]

leapc1000

lope14..

revolution?a1439

reverse?1492

metamorphosis1548

transformation1581

earthquake1592

upside down1593

metamorphose1608

sea-changea1616

peritropea1656

transilience1657

transiliency1661

saltus1665

catastrophe1696

peristrophe1716

transiliency1769

upheaving1821

upset1822

saltation1844

shake1847

upheaval1850

cataclysm1861

shake-out1939

virage1989

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 228 No Experiment yet known to prove a Saltus, or skipping from one degree of rarity to another.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. xiv. 291 These would be the real analogues of speech, and would bridge the saltus of which some are so afraid.

1894 A. C. Fraser Locke's Ess. Annot. II. iv. xii. 348 The inductive saltus, which transcends this datum.

1913 E. W. Hobson Squaring the Circle ii. 18 There is no jumping to the limit as the supposed end of an essentially endless process, to be reached by some inscrutable saltus.

1923 G. B. Shaw in Nation & Athenæum 10 Feb. 714/2 He [sc. Wright] was hampered not only by the mistakes of Pasteur, but by a remarkable saltus empiricus made by a famous bacteriological acrobat..named Metchnikoff.

1934 A. C. Ewing Idealism viii. 407 One can..pass from one to the other without a saltus in aliud genus.

1951 J. Holloway Lang. & Intell. iii. 55 There must be a saltus naturae, an innate idea of symbolization must come to fruition.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	saltus
释义	saltusn. Brit. /ˈsaltəs/, U.S. /ˈsæltəs/, /ˈsɔltəs/, /ˈsɑltəs/ Etymology: Latin = leap. A ‘leap’ or sudden transition; a breach of continuity. Also in combinations. Cf. salto mortale n. at salto n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [noun] leapc1000 lope14.. revolution?a1439 reverse?1492 metamorphosis1548 transformation1581 earthquake1592 upside down1593 metamorphose1608 sea-changea1616 peritropea1656 transilience1657 transiliency1661 saltus1665 catastrophe1696 peristrophe1716 transiliency1769 upheaving1821 upset1822 saltation1844 shake1847 upheaval1850 cataclysm1861 shake-out1939 virage1989 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 228 No Experiment yet known to prove a Saltus, or skipping from one degree of rarity to another. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. xiv. 291 These would be the real analogues of speech, and would bridge the saltus of which some are so afraid. 1894 A. C. Fraser Locke's Ess. Annot. II. iv. xii. 348 The inductive saltus, which transcends this datum. 1913 E. W. Hobson Squaring the Circle ii. 18 There is no jumping to the limit as the supposed end of an essentially endless process, to be reached by some inscrutable saltus. 1923 G. B. Shaw in Nation & Athenæum 10 Feb. 714/2 He [sc. Wright] was hampered not only by the mistakes of Pasteur, but by a remarkable saltus empiricus made by a famous bacteriological acrobat..named Metchnikoff. 1934 A. C. Ewing Idealism viii. 407 One can..pass from one to the other without a saltus in aliud genus. 1951 J. Holloway Lang. & Intell. iii. 55 There must be a saltus naturae, an innate idea of symbolization must come to fruition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1665
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