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Chose transitoryChose Chose, n.; pl. Choses. [F., fr. L. causa cause,
reason. See Cause.] (Law)
A thing; personal property.
Chose in action, a thing of which one has not possession or
actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to
demand it by action at law, and which does not exist at
the time in specie; a personal right to a thing not
reduced to possession, but recoverable by suit at law; as
a right to recover money due on a contract, or damages for
a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant
party without suit.
Chose in possession, a thing in possession, as
distinguished from a thing in action.
Chose local, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill.
Chose transitory, a thing which is movable. --Cowell.
Blount. Impertransibility
Impertransibility Im`per*tran`si*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being impertransible. [R.]
ImpertransibleImpertransible Im`per*tran"si*ble, a. [L. pref. im- not +
pertransire to go through. See Per- and Transient.]
Incapable of being passed through. [R.] In transitu
In transitu In` tran"si*tu [L.] (Law)
In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu.
Intransigent
Intransigent In*trans"i*gent, a. [F. intransigeant (cf. Sp.
intransigente); pref. in- not + L. transigere to come to an
agreement; trans across + agere to lead, act.]
Refusing compromise; uncompromising; irreconcilable. --Lond.
Sat. Rev.
Intransigentes
Intransigentes In`trans"i*gen*tes, n. pl. [Sp.] (Spanish
Politics)
The extreme radicals; the party of the irreconcilables.
Intransitively
Intransitively In*tran"si*tive*ly, adv. (Gram.)
Without an object following; in the manner of an intransitive
verb.
Pertransient
Pertransient Per*tran"sient, a. [L. pertransiens, p. pr. of
pertransire.]
Passing through or over. [R.]
Prime-vertical transit instrument Prime and ultimate ratio. (Math.). See Ultimate.
Prime conductor. (Elec.) See under Conductor.
Prime factor (Arith.), a factor which is a prime number.
Prime figure (Geom.), a figure which can not be divided
into any other figure more simple than itself, as a
triangle, a pyramid, etc.
Prime meridian (Astron.), the meridian from which longitude
is reckoned, as the meridian of Greenwich or Washington.
Prime minister, the responsible head of a ministry or
executive government; applied particularly to that of
England.
Prime mover. (Mech.)
(a) A natural agency applied by man to the production of
power. Especially: Muscular force; the weight and
motion of fluids, as water and air; heat obtained by
chemical combination, and applied to produce changes
in the volume and pressure of steam, air, or other
fluids; and electricity, obtained by chemical action,
and applied to produce alternation of magnetic force.
(b) An engine, or machine, the object of which is to
receive and modify force and motion as supplied by
some natural source, and apply them to drive other
machines; as a water wheel, a water-pressure engine, a
steam engine, a hot-air engine, etc.
(c) Fig.: The original or the most effective force in any
undertaking or work; as, Clarkson was the prime mover
in English antislavery agitation.
Prime number (Arith.), a number which is exactly divisible
by no number except itself or unity, as 5, 7, 11.
Prime vertical (Astron.), the vertical circle which passes
through the east and west points of the horizon.
Prime-vertical dial, a dial in which the shadow is
projected on the plane of the prime vertical.
Prime-vertical transit instrument, a transit instrument the
telescope of which revolves in the plane of the prime
vertical, -- used for observing the transit of stars over
this circle. Transience
Transience Tran"sience, Transiency Tran"sien*cy, n.
The quality of being transient; transientness.
Transiency
Transience Tran"sience, Transiency Tran"sien*cy, n.
The quality of being transient; transientness.
Transient
Transient Tran"sient, n.
That which remains but for a brief time. --Glanvill.
TransientTransient Tran"sient, a. [L. transiens, -entis, p. pr. of
transire, transitum, to go or pass over. See Trance.]
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.
2. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view
of a landscape.
3. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a
transient guest; transient boarders. [Colloq. U. S.]
Syn: Transient, Transitory, Fleeting.
Usage: 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.
What is loose love? A transient gust. --Pope
If [we love] transitory things, which soon
decay, Age must be loveliest at the latest day.
--Donne.
O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with
lasting woes. --Milton.
-- Tran"sient*ly, adv. -- Tran"sient*ness, n. TransientlyTransient Tran"sient, a. [L. transiens, -entis, p. pr. of
transire, transitum, to go or pass over. See Trance.]
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.
2. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view
of a landscape.
3. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a
transient guest; transient boarders. [Colloq. U. S.]
Syn: Transient, Transitory, Fleeting.
Usage: 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.
What is loose love? A transient gust. --Pope
If [we love] transitory things, which soon
decay, Age must be loveliest at the latest day.
--Donne.
O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with
lasting woes. --Milton.
-- Tran"sient*ly, adv. -- Tran"sient*ness, n. TransientnessTransient Tran"sient, a. [L. transiens, -entis, p. pr. of
transire, transitum, to go or pass over. See Trance.]
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.
2. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view
of a landscape.
3. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a
transient guest; transient boarders. [Colloq. U. S.]
Syn: Transient, Transitory, Fleeting.
Usage: 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.
What is loose love? A transient gust. --Pope
If [we love] transitory things, which soon
decay, Age must be loveliest at the latest day.
--Donne.
O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with
lasting woes. --Milton.
-- Tran"sient*ly, adv. -- Tran"sient*ness, n. Transilience
Transilience Tran*sil"i*ence, Transiliency Tran*sil"i*en*cy,
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.
Transiliency
Transilience Tran*sil"i*ence, Transiliency Tran*sil"i*en*cy,
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.
Transire
Transire Trans*i"re, n. [L. transire to pass through or
across, to pass.] (End. Law)
A customhouse clearance for a coasting vessel; a permit.
Transisthmian
Transisthmian Trans*isth"mi*an, a.
Extending across an isthmus, as at Suez or Panama.
Transit
Transit Trans"it, v. t. (Astron.)
To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).
TransitionTransition Tran*si"tion, n. [L. transitio: cf. F. transition.
See Transient.]
1. Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as,
the transition of the weather from hot to cold.
There is no death, what seems so is transition.
--Longfellow.
2. (Mus.) A direct or indirect passing from one key to
another; a modulation.
3. (Rhet.) A passing from one subject to another.
[He] with transition sweet, new speech resumes.
--Milton.
4. (Biol.) Change from one form to another.
Note: This word is sometimes pronounced tran*sish"un; but
according to Walker, Smart, and most other authorities,
the customary and preferable pronunciation is
tran*sizh"un, although this latter mode violates
analogy. Other authorities say tran*zish"un.
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. Transition rocksTransition Tran*si"tion, n. [L. transitio: cf. F. transition.
See Transient.]
1. Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as,
the transition of the weather from hot to cold.
There is no death, what seems so is transition.
--Longfellow.
2. (Mus.) A direct or indirect passing from one key to
another; a modulation.
3. (Rhet.) A passing from one subject to another.
[He] with transition sweet, new speech resumes.
--Milton.
4. (Biol.) Change from one form to another.
Note: This word is sometimes pronounced tran*sish"un; but
according to Walker, Smart, and most other authorities,
the customary and preferable pronunciation is
tran*sizh"un, although this latter mode violates
analogy. Other authorities say tran*zish"un.
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. Transition zoneTransition zone Tran*si"tion 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. Transitional
Transitional Tran*si"tion*al, a.
Of or pertaining to transition; involving or denoting
transition; as, transitional changes; transitional stage.
Transitionary
Transitionary Tran*si"tion*a*ry, a.
Transitional.
TransitiveTransitive Tran"si*tive, a. [L. transitivus: cf. F. transitif.
See Transient.]
1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. [R.]
--Bacon.
2. Effected by transference of signification.
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.
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. --
Tran"si*tive*ly, adv. -- Tran"si*tive*ness, n. TransitivelyTransitive Tran"si*tive, a. [L. transitivus: cf. F. transitif.
See Transient.]
1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. [R.]
--Bacon.
2. Effected by transference of signification.
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.
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. --
Tran"si*tive*ly, adv. -- Tran"si*tive*ness, n. TransitivenessTransitive Tran"si*tive, a. [L. transitivus: cf. F. transitif.
See Transient.]
1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. [R.]
--Bacon.
2. Effected by transference of signification.
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.
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. --
Tran"si*tive*ly, adv. -- Tran"si*tive*ness, n. Transitorily
Transitorily Tran"si*to*ri*ly, adv.
In a transitory manner; with brief continuance.
Transitoriness
Transitoriness Tran"si*to*ri*ness, n.
The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or
departure.
Meaning of Transi from wikipedia
- A
cadaver monument or
transi is a type of
funerary monument to a
deceased person,
featuring a
sculpted tomb
effigy of a skeleton, or of an
emaciated or...
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Transi de René de Chalon, also
known as the
Memorial to the
Heart of René de
Chalon or The Skeleton) is a late
Gothic period cadaver monument (
transi)...
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spreading to the nobility. A
particular type of late
medieval effigy was the
transi, or
cadaver monument, in
which the
effigy is in the
macabre form of a decomposing...
- The Big Blue was a
Lampson LTL-1500
Transi-Lift
heavy lift
crawler crane that
collapsed on July 14, 1999,
killing three iron workers. On July 14, 1999...
- võidutsenud
Transi ja
Eremenko koostöö sai lõpu". soccernet.ee (in Estonian). 24
April 2024.
Retrieved 24
April 2024. "Põnev!
Narva Transis alustasid tööd...
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replaced by
Akiko Takahashi on the drums. In 1994,
their second album,
Tränsi, was released. It
allowed the band to be
known outside ****an. In 1995, Ars...
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heavy lift
cranes with
capacities from 100 tons to 750 tons and
heavy lift
transi-lift
cranes with
capacities from 500 tons to 3,000 tons. The
Lampson LTL-2600...
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monument (
transi) now in the Musée d'art et d'archéologie de Laon (Musée de Laon). It is
notable as one of the
earliest known French transi, and the first...
- 1994, p. xvi. Cohen,
Kathleen (1973).
Metamorphosis of a
death symbol: the
transi tomb in the late
Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
University of California...
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University Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-107-03330-6. B****,
Marisa Anne. "The
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genius of
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