saltate
See also: ŝaltate
English
Etymology
See saltant.
Verb
saltate (third-person singular simple present saltates, present participle saltating, simple past and past participle saltated)
- (intransitive) To leap or dance.
- (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
Related terms
References
- “saltate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
saltate
- inflection of saltare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
saltate f pl
- feminine plural of saltato
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
saltāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of saltō
Spanish
Verb
saltate