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Transfreight (?), v. i. To transfrete. [Obs.] Waterhouse.
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Transfretation (?), n. [L. transfretatio. See .] The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea. [Obs.] Sir J. Davies.
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Transfrete (?), v. i. [L. transfretare; trans across, over + fretum a strait: cf. OF. transfreter.] To pass over a strait or narrow sea. [Written also transfreight.] [Obs.] E. Hall.
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{ Transfuge (?), Transfugitive (?), } n. [L. transfuga; trans across, over + fugere to flee.] One who flees from one side to another; hence, a deserter; a turncoat; an apostate. [R.]
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Transfund (?), v. t. [L. transfundere; trans over, across + fundere to pour, pour out. See to cast, and cf. .] To pour from one vessel into another; to transfuse. [Obs.] Barrow.
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Transfuse (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transfused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Transfusing.] [L. transfusus, p. p. of transfundere: cf. F. transfuser. See .] 1. To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.
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2. (Med.) To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man or animal to those of another.
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3. To cause to pass from to another; to cause to be instilled or imbibed; as, to transfuse a spirit of patriotism into a man; to transfuse a love of letters.
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Into thee such virtue and grace
Immense I have transfused. Milton.
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Transfusible (?), a. Capable of being transfused; transferable by transfusion.
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Transfusion (?), n. [L. transfusio: cf. F. transfusion.] 1. The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another. Howell.
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2. (Med.) The act or operation of transferring the blood of one man or animal into the vascular system of another; also, the introduction of any fluid into the blood vessels, or into a cavity of the body from which it can readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as, the peritoneal transfusion of milk.
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Transfusive (?), a. Tending to transfuse; having power to transfuse.
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Transgress (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transgressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Transgressing.] [Cf. F. transgresser. See .] 1. To pass over or beyond; to surpass. [R.]
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Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law. Dryden.
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2. Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the �imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral.
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For man will hearken to his glozing lies,
And easily transgress the sole command. Milton.
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3. To offend against; to vex. [Obs.]
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Why give you peace to this imperate beast
That hath so long transgressed you ? Beau. & Fl.
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Transgress, v. i. To offend against the law; to sin.
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Who transgressed in the thing accursed. I Chron. ii. 7.
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Transgression (?), n. [L. transgressio a going across, going over, transgression of the law, from transgredi, transgressus, to step across, go over; trans over, across + gradi to step, walk: cf. F. transgression. See .] The act of transgressing, or of passing over or beyond any law, civil or moral; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command; fault; offense; crime; sin.
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Forgive thy people . . . all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee. I Kings viii. 50.
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What rests, but that the mortal sentence pass
On his transgression, death denounced that day ? Milton.
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The transgression is in the stealer. Shak.
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Syn. -- Fault; offense; crime; infringement; misdemeanor; misdeed; affront; sin.
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Transgressional (?), a. Of pertaining to transgression; involving a transgression.
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Transgressive (?), a. [Cf. L. transgressivus passing over into another class. F. transgressif.] Disposed or tending to transgress; faulty; culpable. -
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Transgressively, adv.
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Adam, perhaps, . . . from the transgressive infirmities of himself, might have erred alone. Sir T. Browne.
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Transgressor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. transgresseur.] One who transgresses; one who breaks a law, or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner.
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The way of transgressors is hard. Prov. xiii. 15.
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Transhape (?), v. t. To transshape. [R.] J. Webster (1623).
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Tranship (?), v. t. Same as .
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Transhipment (?), n. Same as .
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Transhuman (?), a. [Pref. trans- + human.] More than human; superhuman. [R.]
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Words may not tell of that transhuman change. H. F. Cary.
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Transhumanize (?), v. t. To make more than human; to purity; to elevate above humanity. [R.]
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Souls purified by sorrow and self-denial, transhumanized to the divine abstraction of pure contemplation. Lowell.
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{ Transience (?), Transiency (?), } n. The quality of being transient; transientness.
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Transient (?), a. [L. transiens, -entis, p. pr. of transire, transitum, to go or pass over. See .] 1. Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure. “Measured this transient world.” Milton.
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2. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape.
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3. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders. [Colloq. U. S.]
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Syn. -- , , . Transient represents a thing as brief at the best; transitory, as liable at any moment to pass away. Fleeting goes further, and represents it as in the act of taking its flight. Life is transient; its joys are transitory; its hours are fleeting.
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What is loose love? A transient gust. Pope
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If [we love] transitory things, which soon decay,
Age must be loveliest at the latest day. Donne.
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O fleeting joys
Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes. Milton.
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-- Transiently (#), adv. -- Transientness, n.
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Transient, n. That which remains but for a brief time. Glanvill.
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{ Transilience (?), Transiliency (?), } 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. [R.] “An unadvised transiliency.” Glanvill.
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Transire (?), n. [L. transire to pass through or across, to pass.] (End. Law) A customhouse clearance for a coasting vessel; a permit.
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Transisthmian (?), a. Extending across an isthmus, as at Suez or Panama.
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Transistor (?), n. [transfer + resistor, from its ability to tranfer a current across a resistor.] (Electronics) a component used in electronic devices consisting of three regions of at least two types of a semiconducting material, such as doped silicon, connected to each other and to three electrodes in a conducting path so as to modify the current or voltage in an electronic circuit. Transistors are used in almost all modern electronic devices, having replaced the vacuum tube in most applications. Since they are based on the electronic characteristics of solids, they are called solid-state devices. Typically a transistor is composed of p, n, and p-type semiconductors in series, or of n, p, and n, with the center region being a thin layer between the two outer regions. An electronic signal input to the central layer may be substantially amplified by such a device. In integrated circuits, many thousands of transistors may be etched into a single small wafer of silicon.
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Transit (?), n. [L. transitus, from transire to go over: cf. F. transit. See .] 1. The act of passing; passage through or over.
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In France you are now . . . in the transit from one form of government to another. Burke.
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2. The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the transit of goods through a country.
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3. A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the Nicaragua transit. E. G. Squier.
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4. (Astron.) (a) The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope. (b) The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary.
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5. An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; -- called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit.
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☞ The surveyor's transit differs from the theodolite in having the horizontal axis attached directly to the telescope which is not mounted in Y's and can be turned completely over about the axis.
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Coloq. Lower transit (Astron.), the passage of a heavenly body across that part of the meridian which is below the polar axis. -- Coloq. Surveyor's transit . See , 5, above. -- Coloq. Transit circle (Astron.), a transit instrument with a graduated circle attached, used for observing the time of transit and the declination at one observation. See , n., 3. -- Coloq. Transit compass . See , 5, above. -- Coloq. Transit duty , a duty paid on goods that pass through a country. -- Coloq. Transit instrument . (Astron.) (a) A telescope mounted at right angles to a horizontal axis, on which it revolves with its line of collimation in the plane of the meridian, -- used in connection with a clock for observing the time of transit of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place. (b) (Surv.) A surveyor's transit. See , 5, above. -- Coloq. Transit trade (Com.), the business conected with the passage of goods through a country to their destination. -- Coloq. Upper transit (Astron.), the passage of a heavenly body across that part of the meridian which is above the polar axis.
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Transit, v. t. (Astron.) To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).
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Transition (?), n. [L. transitio: cf. F. transition. See .] 1. Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.
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There is no death, what seems so is transition. Longfellow.
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2. (Mus.) A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.
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3. (Rhet.) A passing from one subject to another.
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[He] with transition sweet, new speech resumes. Milton.
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4. (Biol.) Change from one form to another.
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☞ This word is sometimes pronounced transishun; but according to Walker, Smart, and most other authorities, the customary and preferable pronunciation is transizhun, although this latter mode violates analogy. Other authorities say tranzishun.
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Coloq. Transition rocks (Geol.), a term formerly applied to the lowest uncrystalline stratified rocks (graywacke) supposed to contain no fossils, and so called because thought to have been formed when the earth was passing from an uninhabitable to a habitable state.
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Transitional (?), a. Of or pertaining to transition; involving or denoting transition; as, transitional changes; transitional stage.
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Transitionary (?), a. Transitional.
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Transition 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 corresponding temperature comprising the northern Great Plains and the lower slopes of the mountains of the western United States and Mexico. Called also Neutral zone.
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Transitive (?), a. [L. transitivus: cf. F. transitif. See .] 1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. [R.] Bacon.
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2. Effected by transference of signification.
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By far the greater part of the transitive or derivative applications of words depend on casual and unaccountable caprices of the feelings or the fancy. Stewart.
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3. (Gram.) Passing over to an object; expressing an action which is not limited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object to complete the sense; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds the book.
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-- Transitively, adv. -- Transitiveness, n.
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Transitorily (?), adv. In a transitory manner; with brief continuance.
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Transitoriness, n. The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.
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Transitory (?), a. [L. transitorius: cf. F. transitoire. See .] Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.
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Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory life, are in trouble. Bk. of Com. Prayer.
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It was not the transitory light of a comet, which shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes into nothing. South.
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Coloq. Transitory action (Law), an action which may be brought in any county, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed to local action. Blackstone. Bouvier.
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Syn. -- transient; short-lived; brief. See .
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Translatable (?), a. Capable of being translated, or rendered into another language.
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Translate (?), 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 , and , and cf. .] 1. To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree. [Archaic] Dryden.
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In the chapel of St. Catharine of Sienna, they show her head- the rest of her body being translated to Rome. Evelyn.
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2. To change to another condition, position, place, or office; to transfer; hence, to remove as by death.
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3. To remove to heaven without a natural death.
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By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translatedhim. Heb. xi. 5.
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4. (Eccl.) To remove, as a bishop, from one see to another. “Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, when the king would have translated him from that poor bishopric to a better, . . . refused.” Camden.
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5. To render into another language; to express the sense of in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to explain or recapitulate in other words.
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Translating into his own clear, pure, and flowing language, what he found in books well known to the world, but too bulky or too dry for boys and girls. Macaulay.
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6. To change into another form; to transform.
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Happy is your grace,
That can translatethe stubbornness of fortune
Into so quiet and so sweet a style. Shak.
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7. (Med.) To cause to remove from one part of the body to another; as, to translate a disease.
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8. To cause to lose senses or recollection; to entrance. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.
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Translate, v. i. To make a translation; to be engaged in translation.
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Translation (?), n. [F. translation, L. translatio a transferring, translation, version. See , and cf. .] 1. The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop.
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2. The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.
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3. That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures.
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4. (Rhet.) A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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5. (Metaph.) Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas. A. Tucker.
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6. (Kinematics) Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.
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Translatitious (?), a. [See .] Metaphorical; tralatitious; also, foreign; exotic. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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Translative (?), a. [L. translativus that is to be transferred: cf. F. translatif.] tropical; figurative; as, a translative sense. [R.] Puttenham.
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Translator (?), 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 language by equivalent words in another.
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2. (Teleg.) A repeating instrument. [Eng.]
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Translatorship, n. The office or dignity of a translator.
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Translatory (?), a. Serving to translate; transferring. [R.] Arbuthnot.
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Translatress (?), n. A woman who translates.
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Translavation (?), n. [Pref. trans- + L. lavatio, -onis, washing.] A laving or lading from one vessel to another. [Obs.] Holland.
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Transliterate (?), v. t. [Pref. trans- + L. litera, littera letter.] To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of English letters. A. J. Ellis.
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Transliteration (?), n. The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet.
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Translocation (?), n. [Pref. trans- + location.] removal of things from one place to another; substitution of one thing for another.
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There happened certain translocations at the deluge. Woodward.
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{ Translucence (?), Translucency (?), } n. The quality or state of being translucent; clearness; partial transparency. Sir T. Browne.
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