saltus

American  

[sal-tuhs, sawl-] / ˈsæl təs, ˈsɔl- /

noun

Mathematics.

plural

saltuses

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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Etymology

Origin of saltus

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

Example Sentences

And let us observe that Nature, though forbidden such style of progression by her savans, sometimes does make a local saltus, especially in the change of climates.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The apparent springs "saltus vel transitus etiam longissimos," he explains by the same thought having been a component part of two or more total impressions.

From Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

I see you are inclined to advocate the possibility of considerable "saltus" on the part of Dame Nature in her variations.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Huxley, Leonard

Te novit Argos, cultaque divitis Sedes Corinthi; Cecropias modò Turres et Ilissi colebas Pascua, floriferosque saltus; Nunc Martialis mænia Romuli, Et regna Tuscis subdita montibus; Nunc arva terrarum remota, et Æquorei scopulos Britanni.

From Gustavus Vasa and other poems by Walker, William Sidney

Venerat in morem populi depascere saltus; 8 Idque diu licuit, poenaque nulla fuit.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund