Dictionary entry

Transilience

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Tran‐sil″i‐ence (?), 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. “An unadvised transiliency.” Glanvill.