Get to know Countercurrent better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like rip or riptide.
Countercurrent in a sentence
Countercurrent meaning
A current that flows against the prevailing one.
Synonyms of Countercurrent
Using Countercurrent
- The main meaning on this page is: A current that flows against the prevailing one.
- Useful related words include: crosscurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip.
- In the example corpus, countercurrent often appears in combinations such as: countercurrent exchange, of countercurrent.
Context around Countercurrent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Countercurrent
- In this selection, "countercurrent" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, exchange, heat and process stand out and add context to how "countercurrent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include for a countercurrent exchange system and in the countercurrent process. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "countercurrent" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with countercurrent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Complete separation can be achieved continuously by use of countercurrent exchange methods. (12 words)
Internal adaptations The use of countercurrent heat exchange with blood flow allows for regulated conservation/ elimination of heat of appendages. (20 words)
These countercurrent exchange methods extract more sugar from the cossettes using less water than if they merely sat in a hot water tank. (23 words)
In these sharks, a strip of aerobic red muscle located near the center of the body generates the heat, which the body retains via a countercurrent exchange mechanism by a system of blood vessels called the rete mirabile ("miraculous net"). (40 words)
The pressed pulp is dried and sold as animal feed, while the liquid pressed out of the pulp is combined with the raw juice, or more often introduced into the diffuser at the appropriate point in the countercurrent process. (39 words)
This allows for a countercurrent exchange system whereby the medulla becomes increasingly concentrated, but at the same time setting up an osmotic gradient for water to follow should the aquaporins of the collecting duct be opened by ADH. (38 words)
Example sentences (6)
Complete separation can be achieved continuously by use of countercurrent exchange methods.
Internal adaptations The use of countercurrent heat exchange with blood flow allows for regulated conservation/ elimination of heat of appendages.
In these sharks, a strip of aerobic red muscle located near the center of the body generates the heat, which the body retains via a countercurrent exchange mechanism by a system of blood vessels called the rete mirabile ("miraculous net").
The pressed pulp is dried and sold as animal feed, while the liquid pressed out of the pulp is combined with the raw juice, or more often introduced into the diffuser at the appropriate point in the countercurrent process.
These countercurrent exchange methods extract more sugar from the cossettes using less water than if they merely sat in a hot water tank.
This allows for a countercurrent exchange system whereby the medulla becomes increasingly concentrated, but at the same time setting up an osmotic gradient for water to follow should the aquaporins of the collecting duct be opened by ADH.
Common combinations with countercurrent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- countercurrent exchange 4×
- of countercurrent 2×