"countercurrent" meaning in English

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        "A current that flows against the prevailing one."
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "current that flows against the prevailing one",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "contracorrent"
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          "sense": "current that flows against the prevailing one",
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          "word": "corrente contraria"
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          "sense": "current that flows against the prevailing one",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "controcorrente"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "current that flows against the prevailing one",
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          "word": "przeciwprąd"
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          "sense": "current that flows against the prevailing one",
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          "word": "contracorrente"
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          "sense": "current that flows against the prevailing one",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "contracurent"
        },
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          "sense": "current that flows against the prevailing one",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "contracorriente"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "countercurrent"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "contracurent"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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