Countercurrent synonyms

koun'tər-kûr'ənt, -kŭr'-

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crosscurrent
(By extension) A situation in which there are conflicting opinions.
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rip
A tear (in paper, etc.).
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riptide
A particularly strong tidal current which may e.g. carry a swimmer far offshore.
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tide-rip
A body of water made rough by the conflict of opposing tides or currents.
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Countercurrent Sentence Examples

  • Each main current of migration produces a compensating countercurrent.

  • The belt of equatorial minimum salinity corresponds with the excessively rainy belt of calms and of the equatorial countercurrent, the salinity diminishing towards the east.

  • On reaching the western Pacific part of this current passes southwards, east of New Zealand, and again east of Australia, as the East Australian Current, part northwards to join the Equatorial CounterCurrent, and during the north-east monsoon part makes its way through the China Sea towards the Indian Ocean.

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