a break in the continuity of a sequence, esp the omission of a necessary step in a logical argument
Word origin
Latin: a leap
Examples of 'saltus' in a sentence
saltus
Certain philosophers have, nevertheless, allowed themselves the liberty of making such a saltus (metabasis eis allo gonos).
Immanuel Kant, Translated by J. M. D. Meiklejohn The Critique of Pure Reason (1856). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)