ocean current

English

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Noun

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)
• Marshallese: ae
• 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