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Definition of Gulf Stream

Gulf Stream
Gulf Gulf, n. [F. golfe, It. golfo, fr. Gr. ? bosom, bay, gulf, LGr. ?.] 1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin, He then surveyed Hell and the gulf between. --Milton. Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. --Luke xvi. 26. 2. That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. --Shak. A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold. --Tennyson. 4. (Geog.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico. 5. (Mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode. Gulf Stream (Geog.), the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic. Note: It originates in the westward equatorial current, due to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St. Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to the coast of North America, turning eastward off the island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan current, or Kuro-Siwo, is sometimes called the Gulf Stream of the Pacific. Gulf weed (Bot.), a branching seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum, or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air vessels, -- found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea, and elsewhere.

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- The Gulf Stream is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of Florida and up the eastern...
- Gulf Stream in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Gulf Stream is a warm Atlantic Ocean current. Gulf Stream or Gulfstream may also refer to: Gulf Stream...
- The Gulf Stream is an 1899 oil painting by the American artist Winslow Homer. It shows a man in a small dismasted rudderless fishing boat struggling against...
- Gulf Stream is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The po****tion of the...
- will. The Gulf Stream (Florida Current) is a major surface current, primarily driven by thermohaline circulation that originates in the Gulf of Mexico...
- The Gulf Stream separates from the US coast near Cape Hatteras (35°N, 75°W) and then travels eastwards across the North Atlantic, becoming the North Atlantic...
- within the Atlantic Ocean that extends the Gulf Stream northeastward. The NAC originates from where the Gulf Stream turns north at the Southeast Newfoundland...
- Bartlett's theory that "much of the supply for the Gulf Stream p****es near the eastern end of Cuba." With Gulf Stream work coming to the fore the next season, a...
- Gulf Stream Council is a council of the Boy Scouts of America in southeast Florida with the headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens. Founded in 1914, the Gulf...
- climate. The climate of western Europe is strongly conditioned by the Gulf Stream, which keeps mild air (for the latitude) over Northwestern Europe in...