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undercurrent

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undercurrent
a current that is not apparent at the surface or lies beneath another current
undercurrent [′ən·dər‚kə·rənt]
(oceanography)
A water current flowing beneath a surface current at a different speed or in a different direction.
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With all his cruel ferocity and coldness there was an undercurrent of something in Tars Tarkas which he seemed ever battling to subdue.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Many of the men were making low-toned noises with their mouths, and these subdued cheers, snarls, imprecations, prayers, made a wild, bar- baric song that went as an undercurrent of sound, strange and chantlike with the resounding chords of the war march.
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Irwine's side towards the valley of the Willow Brook, had also certain indistinct anticipations, running as an undercurrent in his mind while he was listening to Mr.
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