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incurrent

American

[in-kur-uhnt, -kuhr-] / ɪnˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr- /

adjective

carrying or relating to an inward current.

incurrent British

/ ɪnˈkʌrənt /

adjective

(of anatomical ducts, tubes, channels, etc) having an inward flow
flowing or running in an inward direction

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Etymology

Origin of incurrent

1555–65; < Latin incurrent- (stem of incurrēns ), present participle of incurrere. See incur, -ent

Example Sentences

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Each shipworm has an incurrent siphon, which takes in water, and an excurrent siphon, which expels waste.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2021

In certain knots, the excurrent siphons of different shipworms appeared to be wrestling with each other in competition, pulling incurrent siphons away from groping the excurrent ones.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2021

Seawater enters the tunicate’s body through its incurrent siphon.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

Consequently, the Knoedler exhibition as a whole presents a display of control rare incurrent painting.

From Time Magazine Archive

You are to understand that, through the incurrent necessities of every circumstance, each of them spoke in whispers, even now.

From Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship by Cabell, James Branch

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