See Also: current(2)(dictionary)
rip current(encyclopedia)
Current(medicine)
M current(medicine)
current(1)(dictionary)
Current Use Value(money)
Current liabilities(finance)
Current market value(finance)
Current maturity(finance)
Current order(finance)

current(2) (iou)



current noun. LME.
[Old French corant (mod. courant) use as noun of the pres. pple: see CURRENT adjective.]
Something which flows; spec. a portion of a body of water, air, etc., moving in a definite direction. LME.
Japan current, Japanese current, Labrador current, etc.
N. Calder The Gulf Stream, the warm current that runs..across the Atlantic.
The flow of a river etc. M16.
W. Irving A river with high banks and deep rapid current.
The slope given to a gutter, roof, etc., to enable water to run off. L16.
The course of time or of events. L16.
T. Chalmers The whole current of my restless and ever-changing history.
Course or progress in a defined direction; tendency, drift, (of events, opinions, etc.). L16.
K. Clark All the intellectual currents of the time. L. P. Hartley Did she..think that a new experience..could change the current of an author's work?
(A) flow of electricity; the rate of this, measured as quantity of charge per second. M18.
alternating current, direct current. fig.: M. M. Kaye He saw her exchange a brief glance with Ash, and..it seemed..that an invisible current leapt between them. dark current: see DARK adjective. TOWNSEND current.
b. Particle Physics. A transfer or exchange of a subatomic particle, esp. as mediating an interaction between other particles. M20.
Comb.: current bedding Geology: with a direction produced by a current of water or air at the time of deposition.
currentless adjective M19.