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tran⋅sil⋅i⋅ent

  [tran-sil-ee-uhnt, -sil-yuhnt]
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–adjective
leaping or passing from one thing or state to another.
Origin:
1805–15; < L trānsilient- (s. of trānsiliēns), prp. of trānsilīre to leap across, equiv. to trāns- trans- + -sili- (comb. form of salīre to leap) + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
tran⋅sil⋅i⋅ence, noun
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Transilience

Tran*sil"i*ence\, Transiliency \Tran*sil"i*en*cy\, n. [L. transiliens, p. pr. of transilire to leap across or over; trans across, over + salire to leap.] A leap across or from one thing to another. [R.] "An unadvised transiliency." --Glanvill.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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