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transcurrent

[ trans-kur-uhnt, -kuhr- ]
/ trænsˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr- /
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adjective
running or extending across or transversely.
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Origin of transcurrent

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

Words nearby transcurrent

transcriptase, transcription, transcriptome, transcrystalline, transculturation, transcurrent, transcutaneous, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, transcytosis, transdermal, transdermal patch
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British Dictionary definitions for transcurrent

transcurrent
/ (trænzˈkʌrənt) /
adjective
running across; transverse
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