transilience

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noun

something transilient

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nountransilience (plural transiliences)

plural transiliences

  1. something transilient
  2. a leap across something, or from one thing to another

Origin

Latin transiliens, present participle of transilire to leap across or over.

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APA

transilience. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transilience

MLA

“transilience.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transilience. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transilience,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transilience.

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