transcurrent

[ trans-kur-uh nt, -kuhr- ]

/ trænsˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr- /

adjective

running or extending across or transversely.

Nearby words

transcription,
transcriptive,
transcriptome,
transcrystalline,
transculturation,
transcutaneous,
transcytosis,
transdermal,
transdermal patch,
transdialect

Origin of transcurrent

1600–10; < Latin trānscurrent- (stem of trānscurrēns), present participle of trānscurrere to run across. See trans-, current

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Examples from the Web for transcurrent

Transcurrent, trans-kur′ent, adj. passing transversely, as the postfrena of a beetle.
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British Dictionary definitions for transcurrent

transcurrent

/ (trænzˈkʌrənt) /

adjective

running across; transverse

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