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Saltation

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saltation [sȯl′tā·shən]
(geology)
Transport of a sediment in which the particles are moved forward in a series of short intermittent bounces from a bottom surface.

Saltation 

the intermittent conduction of a nerve impulse along myelinated nerves, whose sheath has a relatively high resistance to electric currents. Regular (every 1–2 mm) microscopic constrictions in the myelin sheath, called the nodes of Ranvier, are found along the length of the nerve. Nerve-impulse conduction along internodal sections is achieved electro-tonically, although the weakening of an impulse is reduced by the insulating properties of myelin. Upon reaching the next node of Ranvier, a signal again increases in strength to the standard level as a result of the generation of an action potential. Thus, the reliable and economical conduction of an impulse along a nerve fiber is ensured: an impulse seems to jump from one node of Ranvier to another.



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Particles are transported by saltation and suspension, causing soil erosion from one place and deposition in another.
Some of the exotic flowers like Anthuriums have been brought over from their tropic countries to expand in our gardens during the late saltation and summertime months.
It is abstracts the He rule and Xie rule into the interaction among the members and the self saltation optimization, but the actual He and Xie contains wider and more profound meaning.
 
 
 
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