saltus

American  

[sal-tuhs, sawl-] / ˈsæl təs, ˈsɔl- /

noun

Mathematics.

• saltuses
  plural

1. oscillation.

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saltus British  

/ ˈsæltəs /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• saltuses
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of saltus

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

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Example Sentences

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saltus

But as to the people about us, the hundredth part of them could not be saved:               "Videas desertaque regna                Pastorum, et longe saltus lateque vacantes."

From The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 18 by Charles Cotton

There is here, apparently, not only a step in development but a saltus mortalis, a dividing and impassable gulf.

From No Refuge but in Truth by Goldwin Smith

It is a derivative, through the French, from the Latin saltus.

From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

You have certainly given the lie to the saying: natura non facit saltus by the unnatural leap that you've taken.

From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II by Gerhart Hauptmann

There is an old adage which says Natura non facit saltus, Nature takes no leaps.

From The League of Nations and its Problems Three Lectures by L. (Lassa) Oppenheim

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