wake stream theory

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wake stream theory [′wāk ¦strēm ‚thē·ə·rē]

(oceanography)

The theory that, in a stratified ocean, a compensation current must develop on the right side of a wake stream, flowing in the same direction, and a countercurrent in the opposite direction must appear to the left.

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