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transcurrent

UK/tɹanzˈkʌɹənt/

transcurrent adjective: passing transversely.

Adjective

transcurrent (comparative more transcurrent, superlative most transcurrent)

  1. Passing transversely.
  2. Pertaining 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

Forms of transcurrent

comparativemore transcurrent
superlativemost transcurrent

Origin of transcurrent

From (present participle of) Latin transcurrere.

Words formed from transcurrent

Questions about transcurrent

What does transcurrent mean?
Transcurrent means passing transversely.
What part of speech is transcurrent?
Transcurrent is an adjective.
How do you pronounce transcurrent?
Transcurrent is pronounced /tɹanzˈkʌɹənt/ (UK).

Words near transcurrent in the dictionary

  1. transculturizations
  2. transcuprein
  3. transcur
  4. transcurred
  5. transcurrence
  6. transcurrent
  7. transcurrently
  8. transcurring
  9. transcurs
  10. transcursion
  11. transcursions

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