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# {{context|nautical|lang=en}} A broad [[undulation]] of the open [[ocean]], often as the result of a distant [[disturbance]]
# {{context|nautical|lang=en}} A broad [[undulation]] of the open [[ocean]], often as the result of a distant [[disturbance]]
# {{context|by extension|lang=en}} A broadly-based shifting of [[public opinion]]
# {{context|by extension|lang=en}} A broadly-based shifting of [[public opinion]]

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Revision as of 11:33, 12 December 2013

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) ground + (deprecated template usage) swell

Noun

groundswell (plural groundswells)

  1. (deprecated template usage) (nautical) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance
  2. (deprecated template usage) (by extension) A broadly-based shifting of public opinion