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==English==
==English==

===Alternative spellings===
*[[groundswell]]


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun}}


#{{nautical}} A broad [[undulation]] of the open [[ocean]], often as the result of a distant [[disturbance]]
# {{nautical}} A broad [[undulation]] of the open [[ocean]], often as the result of a distant [[disturbance]]
#(''by extension'') A broadly-based shifting of [[public opinion]]
# (''by extension'') A broadly-based shifting of [[public opinion]]


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Revision as of 11:31, 3 July 2007

English

Alternative spellings

Noun

groundswell (plural groundswells)

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