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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sal·ta·to·ry /ˈsæltəˌtori, ˈsɔl, ˌtɔr-/
 (a.)[適于] 跳躍的

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 sal·ta·to·ry /ˈsæltəˌtorɪ, ˈsɔl, ˌtɔr-/ 形容詞
 跳躍的,舞蹈的,突變的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sal·ta·to·ry a.  Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing.
 Saltatory evolution Biol., a theory of evolution which holds that the transmutation of species is not always gradual, but that there may come sudden and marked variations. See Saltation.
 Saltatory spasm Med., an affection in which pressure of the foot on a floor causes the patient to spring into the air, so as to make repeated involuntary motions of hopping and jumping.
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