Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A current that flows in an opposite direction to the flow of another current.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A current in an opposite direction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Running in an opposite direction.
- noun A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
current thatflows against theprevailing one.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun actions counter to the main group activity
- noun a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
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Examples
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In ducks (and other cold-weather birds), this is done by a physiological set up called "countercurrent".
Shirley Buxton 2010
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While the continued down global economy and shifts in focus for a handful of the original funders for the movement may give some pause, The Coexist Foundation has been working hard to be one of many in a hopeful countercurrent of support at this critical hour.
Rev. Donald Heckman: Are We There Yet? The Progress of the Interfaith Movement Rev. Donald Heckman 2011
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While the continued down global economy and shifts in focus for a handful of the original funders for the movement may give some pause, The Coexist Foundation has been working hard to be one of many in a hopeful countercurrent of support at this critical hour.
Rev. Donald Heckman: Are We There Yet? The Progress of the Interfaith Movement Rev. Donald Heckman 2011
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There's a strong countercurrent of feeling that Turkey is gratuitously barging into the intractable quarrels of others.
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With activists routinely imprisoned and harassed, the countercurrent to government restrictions is always struggling to gather momentum.
Asma Uddin: Islam and Human Rights: Why It's Up to the Muslim Community to Prove Itself 2010
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Isolated resorts run countercurrent to mass tourism in the country's Algarve region.
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With activists routinely imprisoned and harassed, the countercurrent to government restrictions is always struggling to gather momentum.
Asma Uddin: Islam and Human Rights: Why It's Up to the Muslim Community to Prove Itself 2010
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Opened in 2007, the family-run Forte S ā o Jo ā o da Barra is part of a small but growing band of hotels running countercurrent to the wave of mass tourism that has swept over much of the Algarve region during the past 40 years.
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But a countercurrent is threatening the tide of progress, and we need to pay attention.
Marissa Miley: Teenage Wasteland? Only If We Don't React 2008
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The dominant ocean currents of the region are the North Equatorial countercurrent bringing moderately warm sub-tropical waters from the north via the south-flowing Panama current, and the South Equatorial countercurrent bringing cooler low salinity water from the southwest via the north-flowing Colombia current, reinforced by the cool Peru (Humboldt) Coastal current flowing up the coast of South America and the Panamanian Cyclonic countercurrent.
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