| 单词 | stream-current |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstream-current stream-current n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] currentc1380 veina1500 ford1563 tide1585 vein1600 draught1601 currency1758 stream-currenta1830 palaeocurrent1955 a1830 J. Rennell Investig. Currents Atlantic Ocean (1832) 21 (note) I distinguish two kinds of currents. The one drift or drift current, is the mere effect of a constant or very prevalent wind on the surface-water... The other..is the stream current, formed of the accumulated waters of the drift current. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 19/1 A current thus directly impelled by wind is termed a ‘drift-current’, whilst a current whose onward movement is sustained by the vis a tergo of a drift-current is called a ‘stream-current’. < as lemmas |
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