Countercurrent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A current that flows in an opposite direction to the flow of another current.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A current that flows against the prevailing one.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Running in an opposite direction.
  • n. A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A current in an opposite direction.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. actions counter to the main group activity
  • n. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    strife    turbulency    turbulence   
    Cross Reference
    eddy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    liquid-liquid    illusiveness    Soxhlet    solid-phase    zero-point   
     
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