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saltus

American

[sal-tuhs, sawl-] / ˈsæl təs, ˈsɔl- /

noun

Mathematics.

oscillation.

saltus British

/ ˈsæltəs /

noun

a break in the continuity of a sequence, esp the omission of a necessary step in a logical argument

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Noun Inflected Forms

saltuses

plural

Etymology

Origin of saltus

1655–65; < New Latin, Latin: a leap. See salt ²

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Others derive it from an instrument used in saltu, in the forest, for the purpose of taking wild beasts; but neither of these hypotheses seems very probable.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

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