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Definition of Ocean current
1. Noun. The steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction.
Specialized synonyms: El Nino, Equatorial Current, Gulf Stream, Japan Current, Kuroshio, Kuroshio Current, Humboldt Current, Peruvian Current
Definition of Ocean current
1. Noun. Any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of water that flows in one of the Earth's oceans. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ocean Current
Literary usage of Ocean current
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A College Text-book of Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1909)
"If, on the other hand, a particle in suspension in an ocean-current once escapes
the moving water by settling through it, the current which does not drag ..."
2. Physiography for High Schools by Rollin D. Salisbury (1908)
"The ocean current itself does not warm or cool the land, but the air over a warm
ocean current is heated by the water, and may then be carried over to the ..."
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