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’.