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Definition of Gulf Stream
1. Noun. A warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean.
Definition of Gulf Stream
1. Proper noun. The warm ocean current issuing from the Gulf of Mexico, flowing northeastwards along the coast of North America to the Grand Banks where it breaks eastwards across the Atlantic Ocean and helps to maintain warm temperatures along the western coasts of the British Isles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gulf Stream
Literary usage of Gulf Stream
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physical Geography of the Sea by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1857)
"Course of the Gulf Stream not altered by Nantucket Shoals, 52.—The Trough in the
Sea through which the Gulf Stream flows has a Vibratory Motion, 54. ..."
2. A Journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (1868)
"As the results of the systematic investigation of the Gulf Stream upon a plan
... It is well known that the Gulf Stream has its origin in the equatorial ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1869)
"The Gulf Stream, at its commencement is, confined between the coast of Florida
and those of Cuba and the Bahama Banks, and no other water can reach it ..."
4. Explanations and Sailing Directions to Accompany the Wind and Current Charts by M[atthew] F[ontaine] Maury (1851)
"very much directed to the Gulf Stream.* The Coast Survey has been at work upon
it, and the information collected by that establishment and the officers of ..."
5. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1872)
"The Gibraltar Current, the Gulf Stream, and the General Oceanic Circulation.
By WILLIAM B. CARPENTER, LL.D., MD, FRS (See Proceedings of the Royal ..."
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