Definitions of current [ˈkɜr ənt, ˈkʌr-]

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Definition of 'current'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) current
belonging to the time actually passing; present:
the current month.

2.  current
generally or commonly used or accepted; prevalent:
current usage in English.

3.  current
popular; in vogue.

4.  current
most recent; new:
the current issue of a magazine.

5.  current
publicly or commonly reported or known:
a rumor that is current.

6.  current
in circulation, as a coin.

7.  current
Archaic. running; flowing.

8. (n.) current
a flowing; flow, as of a river.

9.  current
something that flows, as a stream.

10.  current
the most rapidly moving part of a stream.

11.  current
a portion of a large body of water or mass of air moving in a certain direction.

12.  current
the speed at which such flow moves; velocity of flow.

13.  current
the movement or flow of electric charge, the rate of which is measured in amperes.

14.  current
a general tendency or course.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME curraunt < AF < L current-, s. of currēns, prp. of currere to run)

Definition of 'current'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) current, electric current
a flow of electricity through a conductor
"the current was measured in amperes"

2. (noun) current, stream
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"

3. (adj) stream, flow, current
dominant course (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 present time
"current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"

Definition of 'current'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) current
happening, used, or existing at this time
the current thinking on the subject; the current president

2. (noun) current
a movement of water or air
the ocean's currents; a current of warm air

3. current
the flow of electricity
electrical current

Definition of 'current'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) current
running or moving rapidly

2. (adj) current
now passing, as time; as, the current month

3. (adj) current
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

4. (adj) current
commonly estimated or acknowledged

5. (adj) current
fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable

6. (adj) current
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

7. (adj) current
general course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc

Definition of 'current'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. current
The adjustment, or effects of a continuous attempt at readjustment of potential difference by a conductor, q. v., connecting two points of different potential. A charged particle or body placed in a field of force tends to move toward the oppositely charged end or portion of the field. If a series of conducting particles or a conducting body are held so as to be unable to move, then the charge of the field tends, as it were, to move through it, and a current results. It is really a redistribution of the field and as long as such redistribution continues a current exists. A current is assumed to flow from a positive to a negative terminal; as in the case of a battery, the current in the outer circuit is assumed to flow from the carbon to the zinc plate, and in the solution to continue from zinc to carbon. As a memoria technica the zinc may be thought of as generating the current delivering it through the solution to the carbon, whence it flows through the wire connecting them. (See Ohm's Law--Maxwell's Theory of Light--Conductor-Intensity.)

[Transcriber's note: Supposing electric current to be the motion of positive charge causes no practical difficulty, but the current is actually the (slight) motion of negative electrons.]

Definition of 'current'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. current
A body of water moving in a certain direction and caused by wind and density differences in water. The effects of a current are modified by water depth, underwater topography, basin shape, land masses, and deflection from the earth

Translation of 'current'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: of or belonging to the present current affairs; the current month; the current temperature.
Afrikaans: huidig, aktueel	Arabic: حاضِر، حالي، جارِ	Bulgarian: сегашен
Brazilian: atual	Czech: současný, nynější	German: gegenwärtig
Danish: nuværende; indeværende	Greek: τρέχων, τωρινός	Spanish: actual
Estonian: jooksev, päeva-, käesolev	Farsi: فعلی؛ کنونی	Finnish: nykyinen
French: courant; actuel	Hebrew: עָכשָיווִי	Hindi: वर्तमानकालिक
Croatian: tekuć, trenutan	Hungarian: folyó	Indonesian: sekarang
Icelandic: yfirstandandi; núgildandi	Italian: corrente	Japanese: 現在の
Korean: 현재의	Lithuanian: dabartinis, dabar esantis	Latvian: pašreizējs
Malay: semasa	Dutch: actueel, huidig	Norwegian: samtids-, inneværende, gj
Polish: bieżący	Persian: فعلی؛ کنونی	Pashto: اوسنی
Portuguese: corrente	Romanian: curent; actual	Russian: текущий; последний
Slovak: bežný, súčasný	Slovenian: tekoč, trenuten	Serbian: trenutni
Swedish: rådande, nuvarande, innev	Thai: ที่ใช้กันอยู่ในปัจจุบัน	Turkish: günümüze ait; şimdiki, bu
Taiwanese: 當前的，目前的	Ukrainian: поточний; теперішній	Urdu: موجوده، حالي‍ہ، چالو
Vietnamese: hiện tại	Chinese: 当前的
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