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undercurrent

 
Dictionary: un·der·cur·rent   (ŭn'dər-kûr'ənt, -kŭr'-) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. A current, as of air or water, below another current or beneath a surface.
  2. An underlying tendency, force, or influence often contrary to what is superficially evident; an intimation: “The Gaucho began to talk, calmly but with an undercurrent of passion” (Thomas Pynchon).

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noun

    A subtle quality underlying or felt to underlie a situation, action, or person: hint, implication, inkling, suspicion, undertone. See show/hide, suggest.

 
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n. a current of water below the surface and moving in a different direction from any surface current.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - understrøm

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderstroom, verborgen (stroom van) gevoelens/ gedachten

Français (French)
n. - (gén) courant profond, courant sous-marin, (fig) courant sous-jacent

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unterströmung, Unterton

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υποβρύχιο ρεύμα, (καθομ.) ανεκδήλωτες ή ανομολόγητες τάσεις, λανθάνουσα τάση

Italiano (Italian)
corrente nascosta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - subcorrente (f)

Русский (Russian)
низовое подводное течение, скрытая тенденция

Español (Spanish)
n. - corriente submarina, corriente oculta, fondo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - underström

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
下面的水流, 潜流, 暗流

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 下面的水流, 潛流, 暗流

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 하층의 흐름, 저류

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 潜流, 底流, 暗流
adj. - 底を流れる, 表面には現われない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تيار سفلي ( تحت سطح الماء)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זרם תחתי, נימה מוסתרת, מגמה סמויה‬


 
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