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Definition of "countercurrent" [coun•ter•cur•rent]

  • A current that flows in an opposite direction to the flow of another current. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "countercurrent" in a sentence
  • "In ducks (and other cold-weather birds), this is done by a physiological set up called "countercurrent"."
  • "While the continued down global economy and shifts in focus for a handful of the original funders for the movement may give some pause, The Coexist Foundation has been working hard to be one of many in a hopeful countercurrent of support at this critical hour."
  • "There's a strong countercurrent of feeling that Turkey is gratuitously barging into the intractable quarrels of others."