Webster's Dictionary 1913

4213

Transisthmian

Trans‐isth″mi‐an (?), a. Extending across an isthmus, as at Suez or Panama.

4214

Transit

Trans″it (?), n. [L. transitus, from transire to go over: cf. F. transit. See Transient.] 1. The act of passing; passage through or over.In France you are now... in the transit ...

4215

Transit (2)

Trans″it, v. t.(Astron.) To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).

4216

Transition

Tran‐si″tion (?), n. [L. transitio: cf. F. transition. See Transient.] 1. Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold....

4217

Transition zone

Tran‐si″tion zone. (Biogeography) The zone lying between the Boreal and Sonoran zones of North America. It includes an eastern or humid subdivision and a western arid one of cor...

4218

Transitional

Tran‐si″tion‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to transition; involving or denoting transition; as, transitional changes; transitional stage.

4219

Transitionary

Tran‐si″tion‐a‐ry (?), a. Transitional.

4220

Transitive

Tran″si‐tive (?), a. [L. transitivus: cf. F. transitif. See Transient.] 1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. Bacon.2. Effected by transference of signification.B...

4221

Transitorily

Tran″si‐to‐ri‐ly (?), adv. In a transitory manner; with brief continuance.

4222

Transitoriness

Tran″si‐to‐ri‐ness, n. The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.

4223

Transitory

Tran″si‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. transitorius: cf. F. transitoire. See Transient.] Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.Comfort and succor all those who...

4224

Translatable

Trans‐lat″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being translated, or rendered into another language.

4225

Translate

Trans‐late″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Translated; p. pr. & vb. n.Translating.] [f. translatus, used as p. p. of transferre to transfer, but from a different root. See Trans-, and ...

4226

Translate (2)

Trans‐late, v. i. To make a translation; to be engaged in translation.

4227

Translation

Trans‐la″tion (?), n. [F. translation, L. translatio a transferring, translation, version. See Translate, and cf. Tralation.] 1. The act of translating, removing, or transferrin...

4228

Translatitious

Trans′la‐ti″tious (?), a. [See Tralatitious.] Metaphorical; tralatitious; also, foreign; exotic. Evelyn.

4229

Translative

Trans‐lat″ive (?), a. [L. translativus that is to be transferred: cf. F. translatif.] tropical; figurative; as, a translative sense. Puttenham.

4230

Translator

Trans‐lat″or (?), n. [L. translator: cf. F. translateur.] 1. One who translates; esp., one who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one languag...

4231

Translatorship

Trans‐lat″or‐ship, n. The office or dignity of a translator.

4232

Translatory

Trans‐lat″o‐ry (?), a. Serving to translate; transferring. Arbuthnot.

4233

Translatress

Trans‐lat″ress (?), n. A woman who translates.

4234

Translavation

Trans′la‐va″tion (?), n. [Pref. trans- + L. lavatio, -onis, washing.] A laving or lading from one vessel to another. Holland.

4235

Transliterate

Trans‐lit″er‐ate (?), v. t. [Pref. trans- + L. litera, littera letter.] To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by mea...

4236

Transliteration

Trans‐lit′er‐a″tion (?), n. The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet.

4237

Translocation

Trans′lo‐ca″tion (?), n. [Pref. trans- + location.] removal of things from one place to another; substitution of one thing for another.There happened certain translocations at t...

4238

Translucence

{ Trans‐lu″cence (?), Trans‐lu″cen‐cy (?), } n. The quality or state of being translucent; clearness; partial transparency. Sir T. Browne.

4239

Translucent

Trans‐lu″cent (?), a. [L. translucens, -entis, p. pr. of translucere to shine through; trans across, through = lucere to shine. See Lucid.] 1. Transmitting rays of light without...