transcurrent

[ trans-kur-uhnt, -kuhr- ]

adjective
  1. running or extending across or transversely.

Origin of transcurrent

1
1600–10; <Latin trānscurrent- (stem of trānscurrēns), present participle of trānscurrere to run across. See trans-, current

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British Dictionary definitions for transcurrent

transcurrent

/ (trænzˈkʌrənt) /


adjective
  1. running across; transverse

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