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current

  • noun
  • kŭr′ənt

The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.

Other meanings

  1. The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially .

  2. electricity, power in general.

Related words

  • current-traditional rhetoric
  • current-traditionalism
  • current-traditionalist
  • branch current method
  • call-with-current-continuation
  • current balance
  • current divider
  • current money
  • mesh current
  • pacemaker current
  • substorm current wedge
  • charged current

Example sentences

  • “What is your current place of residence?”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “Why do you want to leave your current company?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "currō".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “current” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.