transcurrent

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word transcurrent. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word transcurrent, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say transcurrent in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word transcurrent you have here. The definition of the word transcurrent will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftranscurrent, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From (present participle of) Latin transcurrere.

Pronunciation

Adjective

transcurrent (comparative more transcurrent, superlative most transcurrent)

  1. Passing transversely.
  2. (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’.