Definition of current

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Current (a.) Running or moving rapidly.

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Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein..
Current :: Current (a.) Commonly estimated or acknowledged.
Electrophone :: Electrophone (n.) An instrument for producing sound by means of electric currents.
Excurrent :: Excurrent (a.) Running or flowing ou.
Undertow :: Undertow (n.) The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.
Dynamo-electric :: Dynamo-electric (a.) Pertaining to the development of electricity, especially electrical currents, by power; producing electricity or electrical currents by mechanical power..
Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river..
Concurrent :: Concurrent (n.) One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause..
Float :: Float (v. i.) A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft..
Argand Lamp :: Argand lamp () A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.
Concentration :: Concentration (n.) The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water..
Stagnant :: Stagnant (a.) That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins..
Fan :: Fan (n.) To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat..
Larynx :: Larynx (n.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis..
Yield :: Yield (v. i.) To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded..
Rapidity :: Rapidity (n.) The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of speech; rapidity of growth or improvement..
Concomitantly :: Concomitantly (adv.) In company with others; unitedly; concurrently.
Fiar :: Fiar (n.) The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of Scotland, for the current year..
Intercurrent :: Intercurrent (a.) Not belonging to any particular season.
Rheomotor :: Rheomotor (n.) Any apparatus by which an electrical current is originated.
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