transcurrent
English
Etymology
From (present participle of) Latin transcurrere.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tɹanzˈkʌɹənt/
Adjective
transcurrent (comparative more transcurrent, superlative most transcurrent)
- Passing transversely.
- (geology) Pertaining to a fault caused by horizontal displacement.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 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’.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 183: