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transcurrent, a.|trɑːnsˈkʌrənt, træns-|
[ad. L. transcurrent-em, pr. pple. of transcurr-ĕre.]
†1. Running or passing across, over, or through.
1608Hieron Defence iii. 56 The honoring of a consecrated creature,..with an honor passant, or transcurrent, from and through it to the Creator. 1664Power Exp. Philos. iii. 169 All the Circles of the Armillary Sphære are really..inhærent in the Earth, by virtue of the transcurrent Atoms.
2. Entom. Extending or running transversely.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 349 Transcurrent... When a postfrænum is at first adnate to the sides of the postscutellum, and then diverges across the pannel to the base of the wings.
3. Geol. Designating or pertaining to a fault which is primarily due to horizontal displacement; esp. one of large dimensions and with a nearly vertical inclination; usu. in transcurrent fault (see quots. 19422, 1971).
1942E. M. Anderson Dynamics of Faulting i. 1 The term ‘Blatt’ [used by Suess] will be translated as transcurrent fault. Ibid. v. 54 The name Transcurrent Faults has been adopted in this memoir for members of the class which are distinguished by lateral movement, with inclinations which, according to theory, are nearly vertical. 1965G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. i. 2/1 Movement along the Alpine Fault..is still going on in the form of major clockwise transcurrent movement with a 300 mile shift. 1971Geol. Mag. CVIII. 33 Transcurrent faults are large-scale strike-slip faults which operate between lithosphere plates. 1977[see tear-fault s.v. tear n.2 4]. |