of, characterized by, or adapted for leaping or dancing
2.
proceeding by abrupt movements or changing by sudden variation
Word origin
L saltatorius < pp. of saltare: see saltant
saltatory in American English
(ˈsæltəˌtɔri, -ˌtouri)
adjective
1.
pertaining to or adapted for saltation
2.
proceeding by abrupt movements
Word origin
[1615–25; ‹ L saltātōrius, equiv. to saltā(re) to dance + -tōrius-tory1]This word is first recorded in the period 1615–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: berth, discount, evolution, oral, palette-tory is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, orig. adjectival derivatives of agentnouns ending in -tor (predatory); also forming adjectival derivatives directly from verbs (obligatory; transitory)
Examples of 'saltatory' in a sentence
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Oligodendrocytes are the myelinating glia of the central nervous system and ensure rapid saltatory conduction.
Matthias Weider, Amélie Wegener, Christian Schmitt, Melanie Küspert, Simone Hillgärtner,Michael R Bösl, Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer, Brahim Nait-Oumesmar, Michael Wegner 2015, 'Elevated in vivo levels of a single transcription factor directly convert satelliteglia into oligodendrocyte-like cells.', PLoS Geneticshttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4334169?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We consider a set of differential equations which describe the saltatory conduction of repeated impulses.
O. Yu. Zavyalova 2019, 'The Saltatory Conduction of Repeated Impulses', Modelirovanie i Analiz Informacionnyh Sistemhttps://www.mais-journal.ru/jour/article/view/1125. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Participants showed overgeneralization of saltatory palatalization in a judgment task.
Amy Smolek, Vsevolod Kapatsinski 2018, 'What happens to large changes? Saltation produces well-liked outputs that are hardto generate', Laboratory Phonologyhttps://www.journal-labphon.org/articles/93. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Instead, saltatory alternations were less likely to be produced than non-saltatory alternations.
Amy Smolek, Vsevolod Kapatsinski 2018, 'What happens to large changes? Saltation produces well-liked outputs that are hardto generate', Laboratory Phonologyhttps://www.journal-labphon.org/articles/93. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Saltatory alternations ‘skip over' intermediate sounds, as in k~s skipping over [t].
Amy Smolek, Vsevolod Kapatsinski 2018, 'What happens to large changes? Saltation produces well-liked outputs that are hardto generate', Laboratory Phonologyhttps://www.journal-labphon.org/articles/93. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Oligodendrocytes form myelin around axons of the central nervous system, enabling saltatory conduction.
Rafael Almeida, David Lyons 2016, 'Oligodendrocyte Development in the Absence of Their Target Axons In Vivo.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5055324?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For this reason, we examined learning of saltatory and non-saltatory patterns after a constant amount of training.
Amy Smolek, Vsevolod Kapatsinski 2018, 'What happens to large changes? Saltation produces well-liked outputs that are hardto generate', Laboratory Phonologyhttps://www.journal-labphon.org/articles/93. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Oligodendrocytes are cells that myelinate axons, providing saltatory conduction ofaction potentials and proper function of the central nervous system.
Igor Jakovcevski, Radmila Filipovic, Radmila Filipovic, Zhicheng Mo, Zhicheng Mo,Sonja Rakic, Sonja Rakic, Nada Zecevic 2009, 'Oligodendrocyte development and the onset of myelination in the human fetal brain',Frontiers in Neuroanatomyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.05.005.2009/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These results suggest that large, saltatory alternations may be diachronically unstable because they are harder to (learn to) produce.
Amy Smolek, Vsevolod Kapatsinski 2018, 'What happens to large changes? Saltation produces well-liked outputs that are hardto generate', Laboratory Phonologyhttps://www.journal-labphon.org/articles/93. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)