Gulf Stream

noun

1. a warm ocean current flowing north from the Gulf of Mexico, along the eastern coast of the United States, to an area off the southeastern coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
2. Gulf Stream system ( def ).

Gulf Stream

noun

1. a relatively warm ocean current flowing northeastwards off the Atlantic coast of the US from the Gulf of Mexico
2. See North Atlantic Drift
   another name for North Atlantic Drift

Gulf Stream

1. A warm ocean current of the northern Atlantic Ocean off eastern North America. It flows northward and eastward from the Gulf of Mexico, eventually dividing into several branches. A major branch continues eastward to warm the coast and moderate the climate of northwest Europe.

Gulf Stream

1. A warm current that flows out of the Gulf of Mexico and northward through the Atlantic Ocean .

Example Sentences

Thus the Gulf Stream, directly and indirectly, probably contributes more than half the rainfall about the Atlantic basin.

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But without at least four or five days' rations of some kind, it would not be safe to attempt the passage across the Gulf Stream.

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But this warm subject of love I avoid as the whale avoids the warm water of the Gulf Stream.

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It is frequently stated, as a reason for its equable climate, that Scilly lies right in the course of the Gulf Stream.

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Long afterward this vagrant craft was reported again, still drifting with the relentless Gulf Stream.

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