Countercurrent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Countercurrent \Coun"ter*cur`rent\ (koun"t?r-k?r`-rent), a.
     Running in an opposite direction.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Countercurrent \Coun"ter*cur`rent\, n.
     A current running in an opposite direction to the main
     current.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  countercurrent
       n 1: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by
            one current flowing into or across another current [syn:
             {rip}, {riptide}, {tide rip}, {crosscurrent}]
       2: actions counter to the main group activity; "political
          crosscurrents disrupted the conference" [syn: {crosscurrent}]