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transilient

(tran sil′ē ənt, -sil′yənt; -zil′-)

adjective

passing abruptly or leaping from one thing, condition, etc. to another

Origin: L transiliens, prp. of transilire, to leap across < trans-, trans- + salire: see salient

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transilience noun

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