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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 oceanplay

  Familiarity information: JAPAN CURRENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JAPAN CURRENT (noun)


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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