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单词 transcalent
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transcalentadj.

/ˈtrɑːnskələnt//ˈtransskələnt//trɑːnˈskeɪlənt//tranˈskeɪlənt/
Etymology: < trans- prefix + Latin călēnt-em, present participle of călēre to be hot, to glow: see calent adj.Etymologically the pronunciation is ˈtranscălent; tranˈscālent comes by false analogy with transˈlūcent and tranˈspārent (in which the vowel is etymologically long).
Having the property of freely transmitting radiant heat; pervious to heat-rays; diathermanous.
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1834 E. Turner Elem. Chem. (ed. 4) 107 Rock salt is remarkably diathermanous or transcalent.
1880 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 373 All bodies, so far at least as the heat of the sun is concerned, are more or less transcalent.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 269 The air rich in water vapour is less transcalent and translucent than in drier regions.

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ˈtranscalency n. the property of being transcalent; diathermaneity.
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