current
cur·rent (kûrʹənt, kŭrʹ-)adj. 1. a. Belonging to the present time: current events; current leaders. b. Being in progress now: current negotiations. 2. Passing from one to another; circulating: current bills and coins. 3. Prevalent, especially at the present time: current fashions. See Synonyms at prevailing. 4. Running; flowing.n. 1. A steady, smooth onward movement: a current of air from a fan; a current of spoken words. See Synonyms at flow. 2. The part of a body of liquid or gas that has a continuous onward movement: rowed out into the river's swift current. 3. A general tendency, movement, or course. See Synonyms at tendency. 4. Symbol i, I Electricity. a. A flow of electric charge. b. The amount of electric charge flowing past a specified circuit point per unit time. [Middle English curraunt, from Old French corant, present participle of courre, to run, from Latin currere. See kers- in Indo-European Roots.] curʹrent·ly adv.curʹrent·ness n.
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