Current
['kʌr(ə)nt] or ['kɝənt]
Definition
(noun.) a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); 'the raft floated downstream on the current'; 'he felt a stream of air'; 'the hose ejected a stream of water'.
(noun.) a flow of electricity through a conductor; 'the current was measured in amperes'.
(adj.) occurring in or belonging to the present time; 'current events'; 'the current topic'; 'current negotiations'; 'current psychoanalytic theories'; 'the ship's current position' .
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Definition
(a.) Running or moving rapidly.
(a.) Now passing, as time; as, the current month.
(a.) Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.
(a.) Commonly estimated or acknowledged.
(a.) Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.
(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.
(a.) General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Common, general, popular, rife, generally received, in every one's mouth.[2]. Circulating (as money), passing from hand to hand.[3]. Present, existing, instant, now passing.
n. [1]. Stream, moving fluid.[2]. Tide, running water.[3]. Course, progression.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Running, prevalent, ordinary, present, popular, general, floating, exoteric,vulgar
ANT:Rejected, obsolete, exploded, confined, private, secret, esoteric
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Definition
adj. running or flowing: passing from person to person: generally received: now passing: present.—n. a running or flowing: a stream: a portion of water or air moving in a certain direction: course.—n. Curr′ency circulation: that which circulates as the money of a country: general estimation.—adv. Curr′ently.—n. Curr′entness state of being current: general acceptance.—Pass current to be received as genuine.
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Examples
- Attach a closely wound coil to a sensitive galvanometer (Fig. 237); naturally there is no deflection of the galvanometer needle, because there is no current in the wire. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This was a class of plant which the inquirers desired to purchase outright and operate themselves, usually because of remoteness from any possible source of general supply of current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In this diagram G<1S> and G<2S> represent two generators, each producing current at a potential of 110 volts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The effect instantly ceases when the current is interrupted by breaking connection with either pole of the battery. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- As soon as the current flows, the coils become magnetic and attract the soft iron armature, drawing it forward and causing the clapper to strike the bell. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Mr. Sprague realized the trouble, quickly threw off the current and stopped the engine. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was as if the eager current of her being had been checked by a sudden obstacle which drove it back upon itself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The carbon being only slightly compressed will offer considerable resistance to the flow of current from the local battery, and therefore the signal on the local sounder will be weak. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Until the beginning of 1882 there were only a few arc-lighting stations in existence for the limited distribution of current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The current is transmitted to the electric motors, actuating each of the wheels of the power car and the trailers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But if carbon and zinc are used, a current is again produced, the zinc dissolving away as before, and bubbles collecting on the carbon plate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The latter was encumbered with barges of coal in tow, and consequently could make but little speed against the rapid current of the Mississippi. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The signals of his telegraph consisted of the bubbles of gas arising from the decomposition of water, during the action of the electric current. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It is the drifting icebergs setting with any current anywhere, that wreck the ships. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The cylinder stops, and current operates the sluggish press-magnet, causing its armature to be attracted, thus lifting the platen and its projecting arm. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It slid from its balance, owing to the change in its course against the currents of air. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But across that long distance these currents for many reasons grew still weaker. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They had worked with their gliders several years, and had made new calculations of the changing angles and currents of air. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This device not only worked with great rapidity, but was extremely sensitive, and would respond to currents too weak to affect the most delicate electromagnetic relay. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Rightly understood, these social currents would, I believe, lead to the central issues of life, the vital points upon which happiness depends. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It is also noted that In 1874 Edison invented a method of simultaneous transmission by induced currents, which has given very satisfactory results in experimental trials. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The shifting of the air-currents means that the centre of air-pressure moves. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- More than any other generalization it illuminates the currents of our national life and explains the altering tasks of statesmanship. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- With the aid of electric currents, one clock can be made to control other clocks, so as to make them keep accurate time. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Put a vision in front of one of these currents and you can magnetize it in that direction. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The currents are then said to be alternating. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They make that long sharp end the bow, and you can imagine how these boiling currents spin it about. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When the bricks in E′ C′ become cooled by the passage of gas and air, the valves are again adjusted to reverse the currents of gas and air, sending them now through chambers C and E again. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He split up the iron core of the armature into thin laminations, separated by paper, thus practically suppressing Foucault currents therein and resulting heating effect. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- For weak and infrequent currents such as are used in the electric bell, only small quantities of zinc are needed, and the expense is small. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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