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

transcription, transcriptionist, transcriptome, transcrystalline, transculturation, transcurrent, transcutaneous, transdermal, transdialect, transdisciplinary, Transdniestria

How to use transcurrent in a sentence

Transcurrent, trans-kur′ent, adj. passing transversely, as the postfrena of a beetle.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for transcurrent

transcurrent

/ (trænzˈkʌrənt) /

adjective

running across; transverse

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