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incurrent

incurrent adjective: carrying inward; relating to an inward current.

Adjective

incurrent (not comparable)

  1. Carrying 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

Antonyms of incurrent

Origin of incurrent

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

Questions about incurrent

What does incurrent mean?
Incurrent means carrying inward; relating to an inward current.
What part of speech is incurrent?
Incurrent is an adjective.

Words near incurrent in the dictionary

  1. incurrable
  2. incurre
  3. incurred
  4. incurrence
  5. incurrences
  6. incurrent
  7. incurrest
  8. incurreth
  9. incurring
  10. incurs
  11. incursion

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