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Definition of current

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Current (a.) A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity..

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Euripus :: Euripus (n.) A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux..

Stem :: Stem (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current..

Journalism :: "Journalism (n.) The periodical collection and publication of current news; the business of managing, editing, or writing for, journals or newspapers; as, political journalism..

Pagoda :: Pagoda (n.) A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees..

Hydrogalvanic :: Hydrogalvanic (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or consisting of, electricity evolved by the action or use of fluids; as, hydrogalvanic currents..

Coulomb :: Coulomb (n.) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampere in one second. Formerly called weber..

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..

Set :: Set (n.) Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current..

Bullion :: Bullion (n.) Base or uncurrent coin.

Electrophone :: Electrophone (n.) An instrument for producing sound by means of electric currents.

Flue :: Flue (n.) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heated air from one place to another..

Current :: Current (a.) General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc..

Mattress :: Mattress (n.) A mass of interwoven brush, poles, etc., to protect a bank from being worn away by currents or waves..

Electrepeter :: Electrepeter (n.) An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator.

Currentness :: Currentness (n.) Easiness of pronunciation; fluency.

Setting :: Setting (n.) The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current..

Draught :: Draught (n.) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as through a room or up a chimney..

Regurgitation :: Regurgitation (n.) the reversal of the natural direction in which the current or contents flow through a tube or cavity of the body.

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..

Draughty :: Draughty (a.) Pertaining to a draught, or current of air; as, a draughtly, comfortless room..