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downcurrent

noun

Etymology

From down- + current.

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

Definitions

  1. A downward-moving current.

    • Missing units may be attributed to either the lack of proper sized material in the source or the successive, downcurrent sedimentation of the coarser materials first and the finer materials last.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for downcurrent. 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