Dictionary.com

transcurrent

[ trans-kur-uhnt, -kuhr- ]
/ trænsˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr- /
Save This Word!

adjective
running or extending across or transversely.
QUIZ
THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?
Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.
Question 1 of 7
In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

Origin of transcurrent

1600–10; <Latin trānscurrent- (stem of trānscurrēns), present participle of trānscurrere to run across. See trans-, current
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use transcurrent in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for transcurrent

transcurrent
/ (trænzˈkʌrənt) /

adjective
running across; transverse
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
FEEDBACK