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单词 transilient
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transilientadj.

Brit. /tranˈsɪlɪənt/, /trɑːnˈsɪlɪənt/, /tranˈzɪlɪənt/, /trɑːnˈzɪlɪənt/, U.S. /trænˈzɪliənt/, /trænˈzɪljənt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin transilient-, transiliēns, transilīre.
Etymology: < classical Latin transilient-, transiliēns, present participle of transilīre (also transsilīre) to leap across, to skip over, to omit < trans- trans- prefix + salīre to leap (see salient adj.).
Leaping or passing from one thing to another; characterized by abrupt transition or change.
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the world > the earth > minerals > change processes > [adjective] > changing from one mineral to another
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1630 E. Layfield Mappe Mans Mortality & Vanity 53 Whether his affections doe adhære to the world, or are transilient and surmount the world.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. p. v The Transilient Rocks, an interesting series, in which one substance..passes into another, as granite into porphyry, trap into wacken.
1894 F. Galton in Mind 3 368 The inference or connotation is that no variation can establish itself unless it be of the character of a sport, that is, by a leap from one position to another, or as we may phrase it, through ‘transilient’ variation.
1994 Amer. Spectator Feb. 105/2 A transilient educational experience for all 1960s retreads not currently serving in the Clinton administration: an interactive workshop for white people to examine their daily experience of white skin privilege.

Compounds

transilient fibre n. [after scientific Latin fibrae transilientes (plural) (1890 or earlier)] Obsolete rare a nerve fibre passing between non-adjacent convolutions of the brain.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1891 Cent. Dict. at Transilient Transilient fibers, nerve-fibers passing from one convolution of the brain to another not immediately adjacent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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