1. [n]  a light springing movement upwards or forwards
2. [n]  the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
3. [n]  an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
4. [n]  a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
5. [v]  pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"
6. [v]  move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
7. [v]  cause to jump or leap, as of a trained animal

Leap
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1. \Leap\, n. [AS. le['a]p.]
   1. A basket. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
   2. A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.]
   

2. \Leap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaped}, rarely {Leapt}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Leaping}.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle['a]pan
   to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. [=a]hl?pan, OFries. hlapa, D.
   loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw.
   l["o]pa, Dan. l["o]be, Goth. ushlaupan. Cf. {Elope}, {Lope},
   {Lapwing}, {Loaf} to loiter.]
   1. To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to
      vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a
      horse. --Bacon.
            Leap in with me into this angry flood. --Shak.
   2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to
      bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
            My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the
            sky.                                  --Wordsworth.
   

3. \Leap\, v. t.
   1. To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a
      ditch.
   2. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
   3. To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
   

4. \Leap\, n.
   1. The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a
      jump; a spring; a bound.
            Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden
            leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural.
                                                  --L'Estrange.
            Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or
            glides.                               --H. Sweet.
   2. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
   3. (Mining) A fault.
   4. (Mus.) A passing from one note to another by an interval,
      especially by a long one, or by one including several
      other and intermediate intervals.
   

Language for the Expression of Associative Procedures.

ALGOL-based formalism for sets and associative retrieval, for TX-2. Became part of SAIL.

"An ALGOL-based Associative Language", J.A. Feldman et al, CACM 12(8):439-449 (Aug 1969).