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Cromwell Current

American  

noun

  1. Equatorial Countercurrent.

Cromwell Current British  
/ ˈkrɒmwɛl, -wəl /

noun

  1. an equatorial Pacific current, flowing eastward from the Hawaiian Islands to the Galápagos Islands

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Etymology

Origin of Cromwell Current

After Townsend Cromwell (1922–58), U.S. oceanographer

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