incurrent

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adjective

Carrying inward; relating to an inward current.

Opposite
excurrent
OriginLatin incurrēns →
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Meanings

adjectiveincurrent (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCarrying inward; relating to an inward current.

    In the sycon, the sponge type of intermediate complexity, water enters the ostia through small radially arranged incurrent canals formed by folding of the body wall.

    2012, M. A. Brunt, J. E. Davies, The Cayman Islands: Natural History and Biogeography, page 131

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
excurrent

Origin

  1. Latinincurrēns
  2. Englishincurrent

From Latin incurrēns (stem incurrēnt-), present active participle of incurrō (“run into, towards or upon”) (whence also incur), from in + currō (“run”).

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incurrent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incurrent.

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