Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.