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/trans kerr"euhnt, -kur"-/, adj.running or extending across or transversely.[1600-10; < L transcurrent- (s. of transcurrens), prp. of transcurrere to run across. See TRANS-, CURRENT]
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transcurrent — trans·cur·rent … English syllables
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