transcurrencen.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [noun]
leadinga1300
passagec1300
overstyinga1382
overpassingc1384
transita1500
pass1602
transitation1605
transcursion1624
transcent1626
transmeation1630
pertransition1653
tranation1654
transcurrence1656
coming1726
traversion1838
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Transcurrence.., a running over, a passing over quickly.
1658 in E. Phillips New World Eng. Words
2. Geology. The phenomenon of transcurrent faulting.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > faulting
rifting1865
thrust-faulting1912
block-faulting1921
transcurrence1971
taphrogenesis1978
1971 Geol. Mag. CVIII. 40 His [sc. S. W. Carey's] concept of megashears is essentially that of transcurrence as defined here.
1979 Nature 1 Mar. 12/2 Such transcurrence juxtaposed features whose dissimilarity had instead suggested to many an oceanic gap.
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