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countercurrent

noun

Etymology

From counter- + current.

  1. derived from currō — “to run”
  2. derived from corant
  3. inherited from curraunt
  4. prefixed as countercurrent — “counter + current”

Definitions

  1. A current that flows against the prevailing one.

  2. Running in an opposite direction.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for countercurrent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA