Sentence:  Yet as Locke, for example, clearly recognized, the <WSD>transtemporal</WSD> numerical identity of particular vegetables and animals is nevertheless determined by a continuant, namely a form of 'organization' sufficient to maintain vegetable or animal life: that is, to maintain the intrinsic properties of particular vegetables or animals. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Across time; persistent.