1. (noun)current, electric current a flow of electricity through a conductor "the current was measured in amperes"
2. (noun)current, stream a steadyflow 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"
3. (noun)stream, flow, current dominantcourse (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
"two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
4. (adj)current occurring in or belonging to the presenttime "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"