japan current
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific oceanSynonyms: Japan currentKuroshio currentKuroshio
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Japan current \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 to the deep blue of its water. It is similar in may ways to the Gulf Stream. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]