Upcurrent

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An upward-moving current.

    "There was no time to take evasive action, and the airship was caught in a violent upcurrent."

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"There was no time to take evasive action, and the airship was caught in a violent upcurrent."

Etymology

From up- + current.

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