transilient
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transilient — [tran sil′ē ənt, transil′yənt; tranzil′ē ənt, tranzil′yənt] adj. [L transiliens, prp. of transilire, to leap across < trans , TRANS + salire: see SALIENT] passing abruptly or leaping from one thing, condition, etc. to another transilience n … English World dictionary
transilient — nt adjective Etymology: Latin transilient , transiliens, present participle of transilire to leap across, from trans + silire (from salire to leap) more at sally : passing abruptly from one thing to another; specifically : marked by breaches of… … Useful english dictionary
transilient — transilience, n. /tran sil ee euhnt, sil yeuhnt/, adj. leaping or passing from one thing or state to another. [1805 15; < L transilient (s. of transiliens), prp. of transilire to leap across, equiv. to trans TRANS + sili (comb. form of salire to… … Universalium
transilient — adjective a) jumping across, or passing over something b) of the cortical association fibres that pass between nonadjacent convolutions of the brain See Also: transilience … Wiktionary
transilient — Jumping across; passing over; pertaining to those cortical association fibers in the brain that pass from one convolution to another nonadjacent one. [L. transilio, to leap across, fr. salio, to leap] * * * tran·sil·i·ent (tran silґe ənt)… … Medical dictionary
transilient — tran·sil·ient … English syllables
transilient — /trænˈsɪliənt/ (say tran sileeuhnt) adjective leaping or passing from one thing or state to another. {Latin transiliens, present participle, leaping across} –transilience, noun …
transilient — a. passing abruptly from one state to another. ♦ transilience, n … Dictionary of difficult words
Flight feather — Flight feathers are the long, stiff, asymmetrically shaped, but symmetrically paired feathers on the wings or tail of a bird; those on the wings are called remiges (singular remex) while those on the tail are called rectrices (singular rectrix).… … Wikipedia
transilience — noun a) something transilient b) a leap across something, or from one thing to another … Wiktionary
cataclysmic — Synonyms and related words: baneful, black, calamitous, cataclysmal, catastrophic, consuming, consumptive, convulsive, deadly, demolishing, demolitionary, depredatory, desolating, destroying, destructive, devastating, dire, disastrous, doomful,… … Moby Thesaurus
