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upwelling en · NOUN

Etymology

From up- + welling.

Meanings

  1. An upward movement from a lower source.
    • Rather separate from the abolitionist campaign, although likewise led by anglophone Evangelicals, was a sudden upwelling of commitment to worldwide mission. 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 873:
  2. the oceanographic phenomenon that occurs when strong, usually seasonal, winds push water away from the coast, bringing cold, nutrient-rich deep waters up to the surface

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Antonyms

downwelling

Translations (2)

no oppstrømning (deep sea water flow to surface) · pl upwelling (deep sea water flow to surface)

upwelling en · VERB

Etymology

From up- + welling.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of upwell
    form of upwell