downward current

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• current — Synonyms and related words: AC, Brownian movement, DC, Zeitgeist, a la mode, absorption current, accepted, accessible, accidental, accompanying, accustomed, active current, actual, ado, advance, advised, affirmed, affluence, afflux, affluxion,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• downward spiral — noun A series of thoughts or actions which feeds back into itself, causing a situation to become progressively worse. It is worse than a vicious circle, which is self sustaining in its current state. Ant: rebound, upward spiral …   Wiktionary

• Heliospheric current sheet — The heliospheric current sheet (HCS) is the surface within the Solar System where the polarity of the Sun s magnetic field changes from north to south. This field extends throughout the Sun s equatorial plane in the heliosphere. [ [http://science …   Wikipedia

• Birkeland current — Schmatic of the Birkeland or Field Aligned Currents and the ionospheric current systems they connect to.[1] A Birkeland current is a set of currents which flow along geomagnetic field line connecting the Earth’s magnetosphere to the Earth s hi …   Wikipedia

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• turbidity current — n. a current of highly turbid water carrying large amounts of suspended sediment that increase its density and cause it to flow downward through less dense water along the bottom slope of a sea or lake …   English World dictionary

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• downdraft — /down draft , drahft /, n. 1. a downward current, as of air: a downdraft in a mine shaft. 2. a downward movement, as of the stock market. [1780 90; DOWN1 + DRAFT] * * * …   Universalium

• down|draft — «DOWN DRAFT, DRAHFT», noun. 1. a downward current of air or wind: »The ventilation was bad, and what downdraft there was never seemed to reach our two rooms to clear the air (New Yorker). 2. a downward movement or trend, especially in business… …   Useful english dictionary

• downdraft — noun Date: 1849 1. a downward current of gas (as air during a thunderstorm) 2. decline 1 < an economic downdraft > …   New Collegiate Dictionary