ocean current

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Noun

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ocean current (plural ocean currents)

1. Any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of water that flows in one of the Earth's oceans.

Synonyms

• current, oceanic current

Translations

movement of water — see also current

Bulgarian: океа́нско тече́ние n (okeánsko tečénie) Chinese: Mandarin: 海流 (zh) (hǎiliú) Finnish: merivirta (fi) French: courant marin (fr) m Galician: corrente oceánica f Georgian: ოკეანის დინება (oḳeanis dineba) German: Meeresströmung (de) f Irish: feacht m Japanese: 海流 (ja) (kairyū) Norwegian: Bokmål: havstrøm (no) m, havstrømning m or f Romanian: curent oceanic (ro) m Russian: морско́е тече́ние n (morskóje tečénije) Swedish: havsström (sv) c Vietnamese: hải lưu (vi), dòng biển