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Current :: Current (a.) 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..

Concurrent :: Concurrent (a.) Meeting in one point.

Current :: Current (a.) 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..

Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows..

Ford :: Ford (v. i.) A stream; a current.

Electro-thermancy :: Electro-thermancy (n.) That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or a part of a circuit composed of two different metals..

Plack :: Plack (n.) A small copper coin formerly current in Scotland, worth less than a cent..

Harper :: Harper (n.) A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland..

Percurrent :: Percurrent (a.) Running through the entire length.

Electromotor :: Electromotor (n.) A mover or exciter of electricity; as apparatus for generating a current of electricity.

Volta-electrometer :: Volta-electrometer (n.) An instrument for the exact measurement of electric currents.

Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out..

Antarctic :: Antarctic (a.) Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23� 28/. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc..

Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..

Ongoing :: Ongoing (n.) The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business; current events.

Concurrent :: Concurrent (n.) One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent..

Volt :: Volt (n.) The unit of electro-motive force; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one ampere. It is practically equivalent to / the electro-motive force of a standard Clark's cell at a temperature of 15? C..

Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows..

Flue :: Flue (n.) An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage.

Smokejack :: Smokejack (n.) A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.

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