transcendental (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[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.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
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.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1803, from transcendental + -ist.
transcontinental (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
also trans-continental, 1853 (in transcontinental railroad), American English, from trans- + continental.
transcribe (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
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.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"written copy of a document," c. 1300, from Medieval Latin transcriptum, neuter past participle of Latin transcribere (see transcribe).
transcriptase (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1963, from transcription + -ase.
transcription (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
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.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1949, back-formation from transducer. Related: Transduced; transducing.
transducer (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
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.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"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.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"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.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"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.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
variant of transient (adj.), usually in a sense of "operating beyond or outside itself" (opposite of immanent).
transexualyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
see transsexual.
transfer (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
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.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1670s, "conveyance of property," from transfer (v.).
transferable (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1650s, from transfer (v.) + -able.
transferee (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1736, "one to whom a transfer is made;" 1890s as "one who is transferred;" from transfer (v.) + -ee.
transference (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"act of transferring," 1680s, from transfer (v.) + -ence. In psychoanalytical sense it is recorded from 1911, translating German übertragung (Freud).