transcurrent

American

[trans-kur-uhnt, -kuhr-] / trænsˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr- /

adjective

running or extending across or transversely.

transcurrent British

/ trænzˈkʌrənt /

adjective

running across; transverse

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Etymology

Origin of transcurrent

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

Example Sentences

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Transcurrent, trans-kur′ent, adj. passing transversely, as the postfrena of a beetle.

From Project Gutenberg

When the principal movement along a highly inclined fault-plane has been approximately horizontal, the fault has been variously styled a lateral-shift, transcurrent fault, transverse thrust or a heave fault.

From Project Gutenberg

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