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cross-current

cross-current is the alternative form of crosscurrent.

Meaning of crosscurrent

Noun

crosscurrent (plural crosscurrents)

  1. A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents.
  2. A current in a body of water running counter to the main current or direction of travel.
  3. (broadly) A situation in which there are conflicting opinions.

Forms of cross-current

pluralcross-currents

Questions about cross-current

What is cross-current the alternative form of?
Cross-current is the alternative form of crosscurrent.

Words near cross-current in the dictionary

  1. cross-cousins
  2. cross-crawl
  3. cross-cultural
  4. cross-cultural communication
  5. cross-culturally
  6. cross-current
  7. cross-curricular
  8. cross-cut
  9. cross-cut saw
  10. cross-cut saws
  11. cross-cuts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross-current (page history and authors); crosscurrent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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