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confused sea

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confused sea [kən′fyüzd ′sē]
(oceanography)
A highly disturbed water surface without a single, well-defined direction of wave travel.


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Each depicts a field of tight little forms that curl like ocean waves, miniaturized by being viewed from the sky--Storegasso Sea (1960-65), 2004, and Confused Sea (1970-75), 2005, are typical titles--while weaving together into a whole that also seems peculiarly architectural.
Conditions for the race today were rough but it was the confused seas -- where the waves are coming from multiple directions at the same time -- that made for an incredible day of racing.
 
 
 
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