YUCATN CURRENT

Meaning of YUCATN CURRENT in English

oceanic surface current, the western limb of a clockwise gyre in the eastern Gulf of Mexico flowing from northern Honduras, through the Yucatn Channel, to the central eastern portion of the Gulf. The Yucatn Current is strongest in the summer.

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CURRENT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) density current direct current {{link=electric current">electric current Labrador Current ocean current rip current turbidity …
Английский словарь Британика
CURRENT — I. ˈkər.ənt, ˈkə.rə- adjective Etymology: Middle English curraunt, coraunt, from Old French corant, curant, present participle of corre, courre to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CURRENT — — currently , adv. /kerr"euhnt, kur"-/ , adj. 1. passing in time; belonging to the time actually passing: the current …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CURRENT — adj running or moving rapidly. 2. current ·adj commonly estimated or acknowledged. 3. current ·adj now passing, as time; as, …
Webster English vocab
YUCATN — estada (state), northern Yucatn Peninsula, southeastern Mexico. It is bounded on the north by the Gulf of Mexico, on the …
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CURRENT — / ˈkʌrənt; NAmE ˈkɜːr-/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. [ only before noun ] happening now; of the present …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CURRENT — I. cur ‧ rent 1 S2 W2 /ˈkʌrənt $ ˈkɜːr-/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CURRENT — ( currents) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A current is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CURRENT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a current of air ▪ The birds are able to glide on a current …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CURRENT — n. alternating current density current direct current electric current Labrador Current ocean current rip current turbidity current
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CURRENT — Synonyms and related words : AC, Brownian movement, DC, Zeitgeist, a la mode, absorption current, accepted, accessible, accidental, accompanying, accustomed, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CURRENT — "The movement of electrical charges in a conductor; carried by electrons in an electronic conductor (electronic current) or by ions …
Electrochemistry English Dictionary
CURRENT — 1. сущ. 1) струя; поток, течение against the current breast the current 2) течение (времени); ход (событий и т. п.) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CURRENT — current.ogg 1. ʹkʌrənt n 1. 1> течение, поток ( тж. перен. ) great ocean currents such as the Gulf Stream …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CURRENT — 1) течение; поток 2) скорость потока или течения 3) (электрический) ток 4) вчт. текущая запись • - absorption current - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
CURRENT — 1) течение; поток 2) скорость потока или течения 3) (электрический) ток 4) вчт. текущая запись • - absorption current - ac anode current - action current - active …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
CURRENT — 1) течение, поток, струя 2) водоток 3) (электрический) ток || токовый 4) электр. сила тока 5) настоящий, данный, текущий • current enters node — ток направлен …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CURRENT — 1. ʹkʌrənt n 1. 1> течение, поток ( тж. перен. ) great ocean currents such as the Gulf Stream - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CURRENT — 1) поток; течение 2) ток, электрический ток 3) текущий; действующий • - alterating current - base current - breakover current …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
CURRENT — 1) поток; течение 2) ток, электрический ток 3) текущий; действующий • - alterating current - base current - breakover current - brushless direct current - cancel current - carrier …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
CURRENT — ток - action current - ascending current - blood current - brain action currents - demarcation current - descending current - injury current - inward current - ion current - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CURRENT — ток - action current - ascending current - blood current - brain action currents - demarcation current - descending current …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CURRENT — 1. _n. 1> струя; поток 2> течение; ход (событий и т. п.) 3> _эл. ток 4> _гидр. течение, поток - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CURRENT — 1. n. 1. струя; поток 2. течение; ход (событий и т. п.) 3. эл. ток 4. гидр. течение, поток - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CURRENT — прил. 1) находящийся в обращении 2) текущий; современный • - account current - at current prices - current account balance - current account surplus - current account - current …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
CURRENT — 1) (электрический) ток 2) текущая запись (напр., в базе данных) 3) поток 4) текущий • - bias current - carry current - circulating current - coincident currents - control …
Англо-Русский словарь по вычислительной технике и программированию
CURRENT — 1. _n. 1> струя; поток 2> течение; ход (событий и т.п.) 3> _эл. ток 4> _гидр. течение, поток; against the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
CURRENT — электроток, электрический ток - alternating current - balanced current - bias current - biasing current - breaking current - carrier current - charging current - continuous current - control …
Англо-Русский словарь по телекоммуникациям
CURRENT — 1) течение 2) струя 3) ток [c gray](электр.) 4) текущий - aerial current - alternating current - bottom current - …
Англо-Русский морской словарь
CURRENT — 1) ток 2) поток • - air current - alternating current - armature current - charging current - continuous current - direct current - discharge current - eddy currents - final …
Англо-Русский автомобильный словарь - Руссо
CURRENT — находящийся в обращении ; циркулирующий ; текущий ; существующий ; теперешний ; ~ current account ; ~ current assets ; …
Англо-Русский Деловой словарь
CURRENT — 1. сущ. 1) струя; поток, течение against the current breast the current 2) течение (времени); ход (событий и т. п.) …
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CENOTE — (from Maya dz'onot), natural well or reservoir, common in the Yucatn Peninsula, formed when a limestone surface collapses, exposing water …
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CASSAVA — also called Manioc, Mandioc, or Yuca (Manihot esculenta), tuberous edible plant of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) from the American tropics. …
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YUCATEC LANGUAGE — also called Maya, American Indian language of the Mayan family, spoken in the Yucatn Peninsula, including not only part of …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1999: ARCHAEOLOGY — Eastern Hemisphere. Evidence reported in 1998 from a project in Egypt suggested that humans living approximately 7,000 years ago enjoyed …
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UXMAL — ((Mayan: Thrice Built),) ruined ancient Maya city in Yucatn state, Mexico, about 90 miles (150 km) west-southwest of Chichn Itz …
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REDFIELD, ROBERT — born Dec. 4, 1897, Chicago died Oct. 16, 1958, Chicago U.S. cultural anthropologist who was the pioneer and, for a …
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QUINTANA ROO — state, Yucatn Peninsula, southeastern Mexico. Situated on the eastern side of the peninsula, it is bounded by the Caribbean Sea …
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MEXICO, NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF — Spanish Universidad Nacional Autnoma De Mxico, government-financed coeducational institution of higher education in Mexico City founded in 1551. The original …
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MEXICO, GULF OF — The Gulf of Mexico. Spanish Golfo de Mxico, a partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the …
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MAYAPN — ruined ancient Mayan city, located about 35 miles (55 km) southeast of modern Mrida, Yucatn state, Mex. It became one …
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MAYA
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LANDA, DIEGO DE — born 1524?, Cifuentes, Spain died 1579, Yucatn, Mexico Spanish Franciscan priest and bishop of Yucatn who is best known for …
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CUBA, FLAG OF — national flag with three blue and two white horizontal stripes and a red triangle at the hoist bearing a white …
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CHICHN ITZ — ruined ancient Maya city occupying an area of 4 square miles (10 square km) in south-central Yucatn state, Mexico. It …
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CHETUMAL — in full Ciudad Chetumal, town, capital of Quintana Roo estado ("state"), eastern Mexico, on the eastern coast of the Yucatn …
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CATOCHE, CAPE — Spanish Cabo Catoche, cape on the Caribbean Sea, on a bar off the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, in the …
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CARIBBEAN SEA — suboceanic basin of the western Atlantic Ocean, situated north of the Equator in the Western Hemisphere and washing the northern …
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CAMPECHE — estado (state), southeastern Mexico, on the Yucatn Peninsula. It is bounded north and east by the state of Yucatn, from …
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