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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sal•ta•tion (sal tā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- an abrupt movement or transition.
- Geologyintermittent, leaping movement of particles of sand or gravel, as from the force of wind or running water.
- Biology, Genetics
- a sudden discontinuity in a line of descent.
- a mutation.
- Latin saltātiōn- (stem of saltātiō) a dancing, equivalent. to saltāt(us) (past participle of saltāre; see saltant) + -iōn- -ion
- 1640–50
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