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palaeocurrent

palaeocurrent is the alternative spelling of paleocurrent.

Meaning of paleocurrent

Noun

paleocurrent (plural paleocurrents)

  1. A geological feature that indicates the direction of flow of water in the geologic past

Forms of palaeocurrent

pluralpalaeocurrents

Origin of palaeocurrent

From palaeo- + current.

Questions about palaeocurrent

What is palaeocurrent the alternative spelling of?
Palaeocurrent is the alternative spelling of paleocurrent.

Words near palaeocurrent in the dictionary

  1. palaeocopid
  2. palaeocortex
  3. palaeocourse
  4. palaeocourses
  5. palaeocrystic
  6. palaeocurrent
  7. palaeocurrents
  8. palaeocytology
  9. palaeodelta
  10. palaeodeme
  11. palaeodemographic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeocurrent (page history and authors); paleocurrent (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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