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Japan current
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Japan current — A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific; called also {Kuro Siwo}, or {Black Stream}, in allusion… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Japan Current — n. a fast, warm ocean current flowing northeast from the Philippine Sea east of Taiwan: it moves along the southern coast of Japan … English World dictionary
Japan current — noun a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean • Syn: ↑Kuroshio current, ↑Kuroshio • Hypernyms: ↑ocean current … Useful english dictionary
Japan Current — a warm ocean current in the Pacific, flowing N along the E coast of Taiwan, NE along the E coast of Japan, and continuing in an easterly direction into the open Pacific. Also called Japan Stream, Kuroshio, Black Stream. * * * … Universalium
Japan Current — /dʒəpæn ˈkʌrənt/ (say juhpan kuruhnt) noun a warm ocean current which flows in a north easterly direction off the eastern coast of Japan. Also, Kuroshio …
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
Japan, Sea of — or East Sea Branch of the western Pacific Ocean, bounded by Japan, by Sakhalin Island, and by Russia and Korea on the Asian mainland. It has a surface area of about 377,600 sq mi (978,000 sq km), a mean depth of 5,748 ft (1,752 m), and a maximum… … Universalium
Japan Stream — Oceanog. See Japan Current. * * * … Universalium
Japan Stream — Oceanog. See Japan Current … Useful english dictionary
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force — (JMSDF) 海上自衛隊 (Kaijō Jieitai) Rising Sun Flag Founded … Wikipedia
