nnoun.phenomenona flow of electricity through a conductorSynset:electric current
Examples:- the current was measured in amperes
Hypernyms:electrical phenomenon
Inherited Hypernyms:currentelectrical phenomenonphysical phenomenonnatural phenomenonphenomenonprocessphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:juicethermionic current
Full Hyponyms:juicethermionic current
nnoun.eventa steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)Synset:stream
Examples:- the raft floated downstream on the current
- he felt a stream of air
- the hose ejected a stream of water
Derivationally Related Form:stream
Hypernyms:flow flowing
Inherited Hypernyms:currentflowchange of locationmovementhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:eddymaelstromocean currentrip currentriptidetidal currenttidal flowtorrenttwistundercurrentundertideviolent streamvortexwhirlpool
Full Hyponyms:charybdiseddyel ninoel nino southern oscillationequatorial currentgulf streamjapan currentnorth equatorial currentocean currentperuvian currentriptidesouth equatorial currenttidal boretidal flowtorrentundertideundertowwhirlpool
nnoun.groupdominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideasSynset:flow stream
Examples:- two streams of development run through American history
- stream of consciousness
- the flow of thought
- the current of history
Hypernyms:course line
Inherited Hypernyms:streamcourseseriesorderingarrangementgroupabstractionentity
adjadj.alloccurring in or belonging to the present timeAttributes:currency currentness up-to-dateness
Examples:- current events
- the current topic
- current negotiations
- current psychoanalytic theories
- the ship's current position
Antonyms:noncurrent
Derivationally Related Form:currentnesscurrency
Inherited Hypernyms:current
Similar to:actual afoot underway circulating contemporary present-day incumbent live live occurrent on-line online on-going ongoing topical up-to-date up to date latest up-to-the-minute
See also:modern new