Dictionary

countercurrent en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currere Old French corre Old French curantbor. Middle English curraunt English current English countercurrent From counter- + current.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Running in an opposite direction.

countercurrent en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currere Old French corre Old French curantbor. Middle English curraunt English current English countercurrent From counter- + current.

Meanings

1. A current that flows against the prevailing one.

Forms

Deriveds

countercurrently · countercurrentwise

Relateds

eddy

Translations (8)

pt contracorrente (current that flows against the prevailing one) · pl przeciwprąd (current that flows against the prevailing one) · it corrente contraria (current that flows against the prevailing one) · fr contre-courant (current that flows against the prevailing one) · ro contracurent (current that flows against the prevailing one) · es contracorriente (current that flows against the prevailing one) · it controcorrente (current that flows against the prevailing one) · ca contracorrent (current that flows against the prevailing one)