transilient

US: (tran sil′ē ənt, -sil′yənt)

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tran•sil•i•ent  (tran sil′ē ənt, -sil′yənt), adj. 

1. leaping or passing from one thing or state to another.

• Latin trānsilient- (stem of trānsiliēns), present participle of trānsilīre to leap across, equivalent. to trāns- trans- + -sili- (combining form of salīre to leap) + -ent- -ent
• 1805–15

tran•sil ′i•ence, n.