Definition of Saltus

1. a jump to a conclusion [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saltus

saltopus
saltopuses
saltos
saltpan
saltpans
saltpeter
saltpeter paper
saltpeters
saltpetre
saltpetres
saltpetrous
saltproof
salts
saltshaker
saltshakers
saltus (current term)
saltuses
saltweed
saltweeds
saltwork
saltworks
saltwort
saltwort family
saltworts
salty
salty waters

Literary usage of Saltus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Theory of Functions of a Real Variable and the Theory of Fourier's Series by Ernest William Hobson (1907)
"The saltus of f(x) at a is easily seen to be the excess of the maximum at a over the minimum. It is clear that the maximum of f(od) at a is the greatest of ..."

2. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1898)
"This idea of saltus, as simply 'wild pasture-land,' is dominant in many ... 3, 6) he contrasts saltus with prata, as affording more suitable grazing for ..."

3. Adams' Illustrative Cases on the Law of Sales by Thomson Gale (Firm) (1893)
"saltus et al. v. EVERETT. (30 Wend. 267.) Court of Errors of New York. ... saltus, the lead, or Its value, and received for answer, that they had bought the ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Surrogates' Courts of the by Theodore Frelinghuysen Cornell Demarest (1884)
"7/i tlie matter of the judicial settlement of the account of ELLIOTT 1<\ SHEPARD, as administrator with the o/' FRANCIS saltus, deceased, annexed. ..."

5. Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse by Thomas Robert Smith (1921)
"WOMEN (By Francis saltus. From Shadows and Ideals. 1890) WERE Ia woman, ... A COURTESAN'S WHIM (By Francis saltus. From Dreams After Sunset. ..."

6. Reports of the Decisions of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York by New York (State). Court of Appeals, Austin Abbott (1873)
"Theodore saltus rendered the account, and various objections were taken to it, which appear ... The executors made certain payments to Francis Henry saltus, ..."

7. The Merry-go-round by Carl Van Vechten (1918)
"TO write about Edgar saltus should be vieux jeu*. The man is an American; he was born in 1858; he accomplished some of his best work in the Eighties and the ..."

8. The Theory of Functions of a Real Variable and the Theory of Fourier's Series by Ernest William Hobson (1907)
"The saltus of f(x) at a is easily seen to be the excess of the maximum at a over the minimum. It is clear that the maximum of f(od) at a is the greatest of ..."

9. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1898)
"This idea of saltus, as simply 'wild pasture-land,' is dominant in many ... 3, 6) he contrasts saltus with prata, as affording more suitable grazing for ..."

10. Adams' Illustrative Cases on the Law of Sales by Thomson Gale (Firm) (1893)
"saltus et al. v. EVERETT. (30 Wend. 267.) Court of Errors of New York. ... saltus, the lead, or Its value, and received for answer, that they had bought the ..."

11. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Surrogates' Courts of the by Theodore Frelinghuysen Cornell Demarest (1884)
"7/i tlie matter of the judicial settlement of the account of ELLIOTT 1<\ SHEPARD, as administrator with the o/' FRANCIS saltus, deceased, annexed. ..."

12. Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse by Thomas Robert Smith (1921)
"WOMEN (By Francis saltus. From Shadows and Ideals. 1890) WERE Ia woman, ... A COURTESAN'S WHIM (By Francis saltus. From Dreams After Sunset. ..."

13. Reports of the Decisions of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York by New York (State). Court of Appeals, Austin Abbott (1873)
"Theodore saltus rendered the account, and various objections were taken to it, which appear ... The executors made certain payments to Francis Henry saltus, ..."

14. The Merry-go-round by Carl Van Vechten (1918)
"TO write about Edgar saltus should be vieux jeu*. The man is an American; he was born in 1858; he accomplished some of his best work in the Eighties and the ..."

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