countercurrent

[ koun-ter-kur-uhnt ]

noun

a current running in an opposite direction to another current.
a movement, opinion, mood, etc., contrary to the prevailing one.

Origin of countercurrent

¹

First recorded in 1675–85; counter- + current

Other words from countercurrent

coun·ter·cur·rent·ly, adverb

Words Nearby countercurrent

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How to use countercurrent in a sentence

Sinclair adds that while the rising tide is certainly lifting enterprise apps from the data center to the public cloud, there’s a countercurrent in which organizations are moving some applications from the cloud back to the data center.
IT strategies for hybrid cloud | MIT Technology Review Insights | February 22, 2022 | MIT Technology Review
In this way, these young authors are riding a cultural countercurrent.
Granta’s Brazil Issue Tells the Country’s New Story | Mac Margolis | November 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
At sunset the countercurrent forced them to drop anchor before the Mosselbaaij.
The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 | J. E. Heeres

Scientific definitions for countercurrent

countercurrent

[ koun′tər-kûr′ənt ]

A current that flows in an opposite direction to the flow of another current.

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