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English
Etymology
From (present participle of) Latin transcurrere.
Pronunciation
Adjective
transcurrent (comparative more transcurrent, superlative most transcurrent)
- Passing transversely.
- (geology) Pertaining to a fault caused by horizontal displacement.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 183: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’.