Downcurrent

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A downward-moving current.

    "Missing units may be attributed to either the lack of proper sized material in the source or the successive, downcurrent sedimentation of the coarser materials first and the finer materials last."

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"Missing units may be attributed to either the lack of proper sized material in the source or the successive, downcurrent sedimentation of the coarser materials first and the finer materials last."

Etymology

From down- + current.

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