EQUATORIAL CURRENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does equatorial current mean? 

• EQUATORIAL CURRENT (noun)
  The noun EQUATORIAL CURRENT has 1 sense:

1. any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EQUATORIAL CURRENT (noun)

Meaning:

Any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("equatorial current" is a kind of...):

ocean current (the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equatorial current"):

North Equatorial Current (an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator)

South Equatorial Current (an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator)