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1161 | current: gradient | A current due to the horizontal component of the hydrostatic pressure gradient. |
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1162 | current: mixed | The type of TIDAL CURRENT characterized by a conspicuous difference in SPEED and duration between the two FLOOD CURRENTS or two EBB CURRENT... more |
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1163 | current: nontidal | Any CURRENT that is caused by other than TIDE PRODUCING FORCES. See also STREAM. |
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1164 | current: ocean/sea | A movement of ocean water characterized by regularity, either of a cyclic nature or as a continuous STREAM flowing along a definable PATH. |
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1165 | current: periodic | An oscillating CURRENT the values of which recur at somewhat regular intervals. |
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1166 | current: permanent | A CURRENT which continues with relatively little periodic or seasonal change. |
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1167 | current: rectilinear | See CURRENT: REVERSING. |
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1168 | current: residual | The mean CURRENT without periodic components. |
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1169 | current: reversing | A TIDAL CURRENT which flows alternately in approximately opposite directions, with SLACK WATER at each reversal. Such CURRENTS occur princip... more |
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1170 | current: rip | The return flow of water piled up on SHORE by incoming WAVES and WIND. |
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1171 | current: rotary | A TIDAL CURRENT that flows continually, with the direction of FLOW changing through 360° during a TIDAL CYCLE. Called rotary stream in Briti... more |
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1172 | current: seasonal | A CURRENT which has large changes in SPEED or direction due to seasonal WINDS. |
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1173 | current: semidiurnal | The type of TIDAL CURRENT having two flood and two ebb periods of nearly the same duration during a TIDAL DAY. |
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1174 | current: stream | A narrow, deep, and fast-moving CURRENT as opposed to a relatively wide and weak DRIFT CURRENT. |
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1175 | current: subsurface | A CURRENT usually flowing below the THERMOCLINE generally at slower SPEEDS and frequently in a different direction from the CURRENTS near th... more |
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1176 | current: surface | A CURRENT that does not extend more than a few (2-3) METRES below the surface. |
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1177 | current: surge | The coastal CURRENT influenced by remote waves. |
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1178 | current(s): telluric | Natural electric currents that flow on or near the EARTH's surface in large sheets. Also called earth current. |
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1179 | current: tidal | The alternating horizontal movement of water associated with the RISE and fall of the TIDE caused by TIDE-PRODUCING FORCES. Also called tida... more |
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1180 | current: turbidity | A highly turbid, relatively dense CURRENT carrying large quantities of CLAY, SILT and SAND in suspension which flows down a submarine SLOPE ... more |