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SaltationTransport of sediment initiated by moving air or water where particles move from a resting surface to the transport medium in quick continuous repeated cycles.
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SaltationA process of sediment transport in which a particle jumps from one point to another.
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Saltation"a leap, a bound," 1620s, from Latin saltationem (nominative saltatio) "a dancing; dance," noun of action from past participle stem of saltare "to hop, dance," frequentat [..]
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Saltationthe movement of a particle transported by wind or water, one too heavy to remain in suspension.
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Saltationthe transport of load by bouncing along the bed of a river channel.
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SaltationA mutation or sudden change in a lineage. © 2014 Nature Education
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SaltationDiscontinuous movement by dancing or leaping, transition, or development; advancement by leaps. Jerky dancing or leaping that sometimes occurs in chorea. Nerve impulse conduction along myelinated nerv [..]
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SaltationA variation of large effect; also, a major mutation
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SaltationParticles bouncing down a river bed. This process causes attrition, and adds to the silt and sediment in the river
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Saltation(n) (geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface(n) (genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an orga [..]
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Saltationthe movement of sand or fine sediment by short jumps above a streambed under the influence of a water current too weak to keep it permanently suspended in the moving water
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SaltationThe movement of sand or fine sediment by short jumps above the ground or stream bed under the influence of a current too weak to keep it permanently suspended.
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SaltationA term used to describe the movement of a particle being transported by wind or water which is too heavy to remain in suspension. The particle is rolled forward by the current, generates lift and rise [..]
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SaltationDiscontinuous variation produced all at once by major mutation.
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SaltationA leap. It was once thought that evolution proceeded by occasional large jumps, rather than by smooth gradation from generation to generation. We now have examples of both, and there is occasional deb [..]
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SaltationA jump; a discontinuous mutational change in one or more phenotypic traits, usually of considerable magnitude.
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Saltationthe movement of sand or other sediments by short jumps and bounces that is caused by wind or water
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Saltation
A leap, jump or dance.
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Saltation The bouncing of material from and along a river bed or a land surface.
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