Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cold ocean current of the South Pacific, flowing north along the western coast of South America.
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- noun a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But because of the Humboldt Current, she'd heard that the nights got cool, even cold, so she'd packed a sweater and windbreaker.
Laura's Baby Winters, Rebecca 1997
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The rain shadow on the leeward side of the Chilean Coast Range and the Andes, as well as a coastal inversion layer created by the cold offshore Humboldt Current, keep this over 20 million-year-old desert 50 times drier than California's Death Valley.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The cold Humboldt Current, which passes by Chile's coast, means that there is a high pressure center in the Pacific that deviates high clouds and prevents cover over this part of the continent, "he said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The cold Humboldt Current, which passes by Chile's coast, means that there is a high pressure center in the Pacific that deviates high clouds and prevents cover over this part of the continent, "he said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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The cold Humboldt Current, which passes by Chile's coast, means that there is a high pressure center in the Pacific that deviates high clouds and prevents cover over this part of the continent, "he said.
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The cold Humboldt Current, which passes by Chile's coast, means that there is a high pressure center in the Pacific that deviates high clouds and prevents cover over this part of the continent, "he said.
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The cold Humboldt Current, which passes by Chile's coast, means that there is a high pressure center in the Pacific that deviates high clouds and prevents cover over this part of the continent, "he said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The cold Humboldt Current, which passes by Chile's coast, means that there is a high pressure center in the Pacific that deviates high clouds and prevents cover over this part of the continent, "he said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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