saltate

Etymology

See saltant.

Verb

saltate (third-person singular simple present saltates, present participle saltating, simple past and past participle saltated)

1. (intransitive) To leap or dance.
2. (intransitive, geology) To move by being lifted by wind or water and carried a short distance before being redeposited, possibly multiple times.

   saltate grains

   saltate particles

   • 1979, Charles Edward Chapin, Wolfgang E. Elston, Ash-flow Tuffs:

     to saltate freely over a surface, a relatively small concentration (p>0.9) of particles assures undisturbed trajectories for individual particles

References

• “saltate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• at least, atleast

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• saletta, statale

Verb

saltāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of saltō

Verb

saltate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of saltar combined with te