·- A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea.
II. Rossel current ·add. ·- A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea.
·noun Light land; rosland. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Running or moving rapidly. II. Current ·adj Commonly estimated or acknowledged. III. Current ...
A certain progressive flowing of the sea in one direction, by which all bodies floating therein are ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow. ...
·add. ·- The current flowing through a delta connection. ...
·add. ·- A current flowing in one direction only; — distinguished from alternating current. When st...
·add. ·- An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; — called also Fouca...
·add. ·- An eddy current. ...
·add. ·- A current due to variation in the magnetic field surrounding its conductor. ...
·add. ·- A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and...
·add. ·- A current alternating in direction. ...
·add. ·- The momentary current between two alternating-current generators when juxtaposed in paralle...
·add. ·- A current which, though too feeble to blow the usual fuse or to injure at once telegraph or...
·add. ·- The current through one branch of the star arrangement of a three-phase circuit. ...
That portion of water diverted from the main stream of a current by the particular formation of the ...
The method of determining the true motion of a ship, when, besides being acted upon by the wind, she...
The set, chiefly westerly, so frequently met with near the equator, especially in the Atlantic Ocean...
A current which does not extend more than 8 or 10 feet below the surface. Also, fresh water running ...
A stream which sets beneath the surface-water of the sea whilst that is either in a quiescent state ...
, depends on several circumstances. First, the tide varies with the state of the moon, running stron...
See direction of the wind and current ...
These are opposite terms; the direction of the winds and waves being named from the point of the com...