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downwellings

downwellings is the plural of downwelling.

Meaning of downwelling

Noun

downwelling (plural downwellings)

  1. The sinking of a higher-density medium through a lower-density one.
  2. A current caused by the clash of two currents causing one to dive down.
    Synonyms:
    downwelling current

Questions about downwellings

What is downwellings the plural of?
Downwellings is the plural of downwelling.

Words near downwellings in the dictionary

  1. downweightings
  2. downweights
  3. downwell
  4. downwelled
  5. downwelling
  6. downwellings
  7. downwells
  8. downwind
  9. downwinder
  10. downwinders
  11. downy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downwellings (page history and authors); downwelling (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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