COUNTERCURRENT

countercurrent, crosscurrent

(noun) actions counter to the main group activity; “political crosscurrents disrupted the conference”

rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent

(noun) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

countercurrent (plural countercurrents)

A current that flows against the prevailing one.

Adjective

countercurrent (not comparable)

Running in an opposite direction.

Source: Wiktionary


Coun"ter*cur`rent (koun"tr-kr`-rent), a.

Definition: Running in an opposite direction.

Coun"ter*cur`rent, n.

Definition: A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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