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JAPAN CURRENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Japan current mean?
• JAPAN CURRENT (noun)
The noun JAPAN CURRENT has 1 sense:
1. a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean
Familiarity information: JAPAN CURRENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
Japan current; Kuroshio; Kuroshio current
Hypernyms ("Japan current" is a kind of...):
ocean current (the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction)
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