List of antonyms from "saintly" to antonyms from "salve"


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Definition of the day : « saltation »

  • As in jump : noun leap
  • As in spring : noun jump, skip
Example sentences :
  • Saltation is downwind movement of particles in a series of jumps or skips.
  • Extract from : « Deserts » by A. S. Walker
  • Particles are transported by winds through suspension, saltation, and creep.
  • Extract from : « Deserts » by A. S. Walker
  • A saltating grain may hit other grains that jump up to continue the saltation.
  • Extract from : « Deserts » by A. S. Walker
  • As an adaptation to saltation the tibia would elongate at the expense of the femur and the index would be more than 100.
  • Extract from : « Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii » by Henry W. Setzer
  • Long tail and long hind foot would seem to be specializations for saltation and the two would be expected to be correlated.
  • Extract from : « Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii » by Henry W. Setzer
  • Sand sheets are flat, gently undulating sandy plots of sand surfaced by grains that may be too large for saltation.
  • Extract from : « Deserts » by A. S. Walker
  • In the heat of noon, in the cool of the evening, day after day there was no rest for them, their saltation was without end.
  • Extract from : « Folk-lore and Legends: German » by Anonymous
  • Life must be taken with a grain of saltation: let the spirit dance a measure or two ere it collapse.
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley