Trans*lat"or*ship, n. The office or dignity of a translator.
Trans*lat"o*ry (?), a. Serving to translate; transferring. [R.]
Arbuthnot.
Trans*lat"ress (?), n. A woman who translates.
Trans`la*va"tion (?), n. [Pref. trans- + L. lavatio, -onis, washing.] A
laving or lading from one vessel to another. [Obs.] Holland.
Trans*lit"er*ate (?), 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.
Trans*lit`er*a"tion (?), n. The act or product of transliterating, or
of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another
alphabet.
Trans`lo*ca"tion (?), n. [Pref. trans- + location.] removal of things
from one place to another; substitution of one thing for another.
There happened certain translocations at the deluge.
Woodward.
{ Trans*lu"cence (?), Trans*lu"cen*cy (?), } n. The quality or state of
being translucent; clearness; partial transparency. Sir T. Browne.
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Trans*lu"cent (?), a. [L. translucens, -entis, p. pr. of translucere to
shine through; trans across, through = lucere to shine. See Lucid.] 1.
Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly
seen; partially transparent.
2. Transparent; clear. [Poetic] "Fountain or fresh current . . .
translucent, pure." Milton.
Replenished from the cool, translucent springs.
Pope.
Syn. — Translucent, Transparent. A thing is translucent when it merely
admits the passage of light, without enabling us to distinguish the
color and outline of objects through it; it is transparent when we can
clearly discern objects placed on the other side of it. Glass, water,
etc., are transparent; ground glass is translucent; a translucent
style.
Trans*lu"cent*ly, adv. In a translucent manner.
Trans*lu"cid (?), a. [L. translucidus; trans across, through + lucidus
lucid: cf. F. translucide. See Translucent.] Translucent. [R.] Bacon.
Trans"lu*na*ry (?), a. [Pref. trans- + L. luna moon.] Being or lying
beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; — opposed to sublunary. [Obs.]
Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave,
translunary things That the first poets had.
Drayton.
Trans`ma*rine" (?), a. [L. transmarinus; trans beyond + marinus marine:
cf. F. transmarin. See Marine.] Lying or being beyond the sea. Howell.
{ Trans"me*a*ble (?), Trans`me*at"a*ble (?), } a. [L. transmeabilis.]
Capable of being passed over or traversed; passable. [Obs.]
Trans"me*ate (?), v. t. [L. transmeatus, p. p. of transmeare to pass
across; trans across, over + meare to go.] To pass over or beyond.
[Obs.]
Trans`me*a"tion (?), n. The act of transmeating; a passing through or
beyond. [Obs.]
Trans*mew" (?), v. t. & i. [F. transmuer, L. transmutare. See
Transmute.] To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose. [Archaic]
Chaucer. Spenser.
To transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester.
Sir W. Scott.
Trans"mi*grant (?), a. [L. transmigrans, p. pr. See Transmigrate.]
Migrating or passing from one place or state to another; passing from
one residence to another. — n. One who transmigrates.
Trans"mi*grate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Transmigrated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Transmigrating.] [L. transmigrare, transmigratum; trans across +
migrare to migrate. See Migrate.] 1. To pass from one country or
jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residence, as men or
families; to migrate.