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Actions counter to the main group activity
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countercurrent
Word definitions for countercurrent in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Countercurrent ( Controcorrente ) was a liberal faction within The People of Freedom (PdL), a political party in Italy . The faction was launched in October by some 30 liberals who opposed Giulio Tremonti 's policies as economy minister. They included Antonio ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current [syn: rip , riptide , tide rip , crosscurrent ] actions counter to the main group activity; "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference" ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Countercurrent \Coun"ter*cur`rent\ (koun"t?r-k?r`-rent), a. Running in an opposite direction.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Running in an opposite direction. n. A current that flows against the prevailing one.
Usage examples of countercurrent.
Should the iceberg wander just ten miles northward, it would be seized by the powerful Equatorial Countercurrent, flowing back toward Africa at 22 nautical miles a day, too great a speed for its Flettner sails to fight.
Forced back on herself, she dissipated j offertory in a vortex of countercurrents and destructive spreading ov I flow.
Ayla thought the similarity to narshland of the eastern delta grew stronger as they drew eot that the currents and countercurrents of the joining riv tvirline maelstroms.
It splashed into a foaming pool worn out of the rock at the base, creating a constant spray of mist and whirlpools of countercurrents where the rivers met.
But writers have countercurrents in their psychic sea, as all humans do.
Their thought-colors blazed like beacons, twisted to resonance by fierce countercurrents of emotion.
Through countercurrents of the heavy stench of meat eaters he traced Bara the deer.