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countercurrent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crosscurrent |
| Type of | strife |
countercurrent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crosscurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip |
| Type of | turbulence, turbulency |
Examples of countercurrent
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Multistage countercurrent arrays have been used for the separation of lanthanides.
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Also, a blast furnace is countercurrent exchange process whereas a bloomery is not.
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Part of the slick was turned back off Tampico, Mexico, by a countercurrent.
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Complete separation can be achieved continuously by use of countercurrent exchange methods.
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About 100 to 200 meters below, a swift countercurrent develops, flowing in the opposite direction.
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Yet beneath the heedlessness runs a countercurrent of anxiety.
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There's a strong countercurrent of feeling that Turkey is gratuitously barging into the intractable quarrels of others.
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There was a time not so long ago that Marshall's steadfast dedication to the Shockers would have run countercurrent to big-time college basketball.
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Countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis has been shown to be an effective research diagnostic method, but has been largely supplanted by PCR.
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- Rip: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
- Actions counter to the main group activity; "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference"
- (Countercurrents) Countercurrent exchange along with Concurrent exchange comprise the mechanisms used to transfer some property of a fluid from one flowing current of fluid to another across a semipermeable membrane or thermally-conductive material between them. ...
- A current that flows against the prevailing one
- A current flowing adjacent to another current both in the opposite direction.
- COUNTER-CURRENT implies a continuous flow of two fluids in opposite directions, such as in a Degasser.
