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Transcurrent

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /tɹanzˈkʌɹənt/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Transcurrent is an adjective meaning Passing transversely.

Meaning

Passing transversely.

More Meanings

  1. (geology) Pertaining to a fault caused by horizontal displacement.

Example Sentences

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’.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include transversary, pertransient, transversal, through, transient, cross.

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