a. [ad. L. transcurrent-em, pr. pple. of transcurr-ĕre.]
† 1. Running or passing across, over, or through.
1608. Hieron, Defence, III. 56. The honoring of a consecrated creature,… with an honor passant, or transcurrent, from and through it to the Creator.
1664. Power, 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.
1826. Kirby & 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.
