transcurrent

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UK/tɹanzˈkʌɹənt/

adjective

Passing transversely.

OriginLatin transcurrere →
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Meanings

adjectivetranscurrent (comparative more transcurrent, superlative most transcurrent)

comparative more transcurrent · superlative most transcurrent

  1. Passing transversely.
  2. geographyPertaining to a fault caused by horizontal displacement.

    Some of these faults may have been the site at which huge blocks slid past one another – transcurrent movement – rather than moving ‘up and down’.

    2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 183

Origin

  1. Latintranscurrere
  2. Englishtranscurrent

From (present participle of) Latin transcurrere.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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