Transcurrence
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A roving here and there; movement. uncountable
"This condition results probably quite as much from the constant rubbing and picking of the nose, as from the simple transcurrence of the morbid nasal secretions to which most authors exclusively attribute it ."
- 2 Appearance or occurrence throughout something. uncountable
"Among features, which are more easily determined, the following chiefly come into consideration for the purposes of anatomical diagnosis: the embedded character or vertical transcurrence of the medium-sized and smaller veins; the presence or absence of a strongly developed mass of mechanical tissue (sclerenchyma) in connexion with the vascular bundles; and the occurrence of a sheath of large cells around the vascular bundles."
- 3 A displacement along a fault or shear zone characterized by lateral or horizontal movement of formations relative to each other, usually in a direction parallel to the fault plane. uncountable
"Brittle faults, joints, and dykes which cut the massif are probably related with an Upper Cretaceous NE-SW extension and a Paleogene, probably Eocene E-W transcurrence with NW-SE extension and NE-SW compression."
Example
More examples"This condition results probably quite as much from the constant rubbing and picking of the nose, as from the simple transcurrence of the morbid nasal secretions to which most authors exclusively attribute it ."
Etymology
From Latin transcurrens, present participle of transcurrere.
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