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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event go
an event that happens

motion, movement go
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

travel, change of location go
a movement through space that changes the location of something

flow, flowing go
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

stream, current go
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)

ocean current
the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction

noun.phenomenon

5 Subcategories

El Nino go
(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time
equatorial current go
any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator
Gulf stream go
a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean
Japan current, Kuroshio current, Kuroshio go
a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean
Peruvian current, Humboldt current go
a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west