transcurrent

English

Etymology

From (present participle of) Latin transcurrere.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tɹanzˈkʌɹənt/

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’.
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