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- transcendental (adj.)



[transcendental 词源字典] - 1660s, from Medieval Latin transcendentalis, from Latin transcendentem (see transcendent). Related: Transcendentally. Transcendental meditation attested by 1966.[transcendental etymology, transcendental origin, 英语词源]
- transcendentalism (n.)




- 1803, in reference to Kant, later to Schelling; 1842 in reference to the New England religio-philosophical movement among American followers of Schelling; from transcendental + -ism.
- transcendentalist (n.)




- 1803, from transcendental + -ist.
- transcontinental (adj.)




- also trans-continental, 1853 (in transcontinental railroad), American English, from trans- + continental.
- transcribe (v.)




- 1550s, from Latin transcribere "to copy, write again in another place, write over, transfer," from trans- "over" (see trans-) + scribere "write" (see script (n.)). To do it poorly is to transcribble (1746). Related: Transcribed; transcriber; transcribing.
- transcript (n.)




- "written copy of a document," c. 1300, from Medieval Latin transcriptum, neuter past participle of Latin transcribere (see transcribe).
- transcriptase (n.)




- 1963, from transcription + -ase.
- transcription (n.)




- 1590s, from Middle French transcription, from Late Latin transcriptionem (nominative transcriptio), noun of action from past participle stem of transcribere (see transcribe). Biological sense is from 1961. Related: Transcriptional; transcriptionist.
- transduce (v.)




- 1949, back-formation from transducer. Related: Transduced; transducing.
- transducer (n.)




- 1924, "device which converts energy from one form to another," from Latin transducere/traducere "lead across, transfer, carry over," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)).
- transduction (n.)




- "act of leading or carrying over," 1650s, from Latin transductionem/traducionem (nominative transductio) "a removal, transfer," noun of action from transducere/traducere (see traduce).
- transect (v.)




- "to cut across," 1630s, from Latin trans- "across" (see trans-) + sectus, past participle of secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). Related: Transected; transecting.
- transept (n.)




- "transverse section of a cruciform church," 1530s, from Medieval Latin transeptum, from Latin trans- "across" (see trans-) + saeptum "fence, partition, enclosure" (see septum). Rare before 1700. Related: Transeptal.
- transeunt (adj.)




- variant of transient (adj.), usually in a sense of "operating beyond or outside itself" (opposite of immanent).
- transexual




- see transsexual.
- transfer (v.)




- late 14c., from Old French transferer or directly from Latin transferre "bear across, carry over, bring through; transfer, copy, translate," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + ferre "to carry" (see infer). Related: Transferred; transferring.
- transfer (n.)




- 1670s, "conveyance of property," from transfer (v.).
- transferable (adj.)




- 1650s, from transfer (v.) + -able.
- transferee (n.)




- 1736, "one to whom a transfer is made;" 1890s as "one who is transferred;" from transfer (v.) + -ee.
- transference (n.)




- "act of transferring," 1680s, from transfer (v.) + -ence. In psychoanalytical sense it is recorded from 1911, translating German übertragung (Freud).