Meanings
nounocean current (plural ocean currents)
plural ocean currents
- Any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of water that flows in one of the Earth's oceans.
Synonyms: current, oceanic current
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of water that flows in one of the Earth's oceans.
Similar
currentoceanic current
Translations
Bulgarian океа́нско тече́ние
- океа́нско тече́ние (okeánsko tečénie)movement of water
Chinese Mandarin 海流
- 海流 (hǎiliú)movement of water
Finnish merivirta
- merivirtamovement of water
French courant marin
- courant marinmovement of water
German Meeresströmung
- Meeresströmungmovement of water
Irish feacht
- feachtmovement of water
Japanese 海流
- 海流 (kairyū)movement of water
Norwegian Bokmål havstrøm, havstrømning
- havstrømmovement of water
- havstrømningmovement of water
Romanian curent oceanic
- curent oceanicmovement of water
Russian морско́е тече́ние
- морско́е тече́ние (morskóje tečénije)movement of water
Swedish havsström
- havsströmmovement of water
Vietnamese hải lưu, dòng biển
- hải lưumovement of water
- dòng biểnmovement of water
Cite this entry
APA
ocean current. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocean%20current
MLA
“ocean current.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocean%20current. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ocean current,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocean%20current.
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