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transcurrent

[ trans-kur-uhnt, -kuhr- ]

adjective

  1. running or extending across or transversely.

transcurrent

/ trænzˈkʌrənt /

adjective

  1. running across; transverse

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Word History and Origins

Origin of transcurrent1

1600–10; < Latin trānscurrent- (stem of trānscurrēns ), present participle of trānscurrere to run across. See trans-, current

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Example Sentences

Transcurrent, trans-kur′ent, adj. passing transversely, as the postfrena of a beetle.

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