ocean current

ocean current

English

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 translations at current

Chinese: Mandarin: 海流 (zh) (hǎiliú) Finnish: merivirta (fi) French: courant marin (fr) m German: Meeresströmung (de) f

Japanese: 海流 (kairyū) Norwegian: Bokmål: havstrøm (no) m, havstrømning m or f Russian: морско́е тече́ние n (morskóje tečénije) Vietnamese: hải lưu (vi), dòng biển