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drift current

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drift current [′drift ‚kə·rənt]
(oceanography)
A wide, slow-moving ocean current principally caused by winds. Also known as drift; wind drift; wind-driven current.
Current determined from the differences between dead reckoning and a navigational fix.
(plasma physics)
A current of free charged particles in perpendicular electric and magnetic fields that results from an average motion of the particles in a direction perpendicular to both fields.


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