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Metaleptic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

2. Transverse; as the metaleptic motion of a muscle.

Metaleptic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of or pertaining to a metalepsis.

2. Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle.

3. Of, pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy.

Metaleptical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Metaleptically [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828