upwellings
upwellings is the plural of upwelling.
Meaning of upwelling
Noun
upwelling (plural upwellings)
- An upward movement from a lower source.
- Rather separate from the abolitionist campaign, although likewise led by anglophone Evangelicals, was a sudden upwelling of commitment to worldwide mission.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 873
- the oceanographic phenomenon that occurs when strong, usually seasonal, winds push water away from the coast, bringing cold, nutrient-rich deep waters up to the surface
Questions about upwellings
- What is upwellings the plural of?
- Upwellings is the plural of upwelling.
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