Definition of current

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Current (a.) Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.

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Convection :: Convection (n.) A process of transfer or transmission, as of heat or electricity, by means of currents in liquids or gases, resulting from changes of temperature and other causes..
Tide :: Tide (prep.) A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood..
Concurrent :: Concurrent (n.) One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause..
Electromotor :: Electromotor (n.) A mover or exciter of electricity; as apparatus for generating a current of electricity.
Excurrent :: Excurrent (a.) Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top..
Counter :: Counter (a.) Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue..
Resistance :: Resistance (n.) A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm..
Pamphlet :: Pamphlet (n.) A small book consisting of a few sheets of printed paper, stitched together, often with a paper cover, but not bound; a short essay or written discussion, usually on a subject of current interest..
Languet :: Languet (n.) Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth..
Disturbance :: Disturbance (n.) An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current..
Trapdoor :: Trapdoor (n.) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; -- called also weather door.
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..
Interruption :: Interruption (n.) Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption..
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..
Channel :: Channel (n.) The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels..
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses..
Cob :: Cob (n.) A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d..
Concurrently :: Concurrently (adv.) With concurrence; unitedly.
Boil :: Boil (v.) To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils..
Undertow :: Undertow (n.) The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.
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