nt, kuhr-]
| 1. | passing in time; belonging to the time actually passing: the current month. |
| 2. | prevalent; customary: the current practice. |
| 3. | popular; in vogue: current fashions. |
| 4. | new; present; most recent: the current issue of a publication. |
| 5. | publicly reported or known: a rumor that is current. |
| 6. | passing from one to another; circulating, as a coin. |
| 7. | Archaic. running; flowing. |
| 8. | Obsolete. genuine; authentic. |
| 9. | a flowing; flow, as of a river. |
| 10. | something that flows, as a stream. |
| 11. | a large portion of air, large body of water, etc., moving in a certain direction. |
| 12. | the speed at which such flow moves; velocity of flow. |
| 13. | Electricity. electric current. |
| 14. | a course, as of time or events; the main course; the general tendency. |

cur·rent (kûr'ənt, kŭr'-) adj.
[Middle English curraunt, from Old French corant, present participle of courre, to run, from Latin currere; see kers- in Indo-European roots.] cur'rent·ly adv., cur'rent·ness n. |
current cur·rent (kûr'ənt, kŭr'-)
n.
A stream or flow of a liquid or gas.
Symbol I A flow of electric charge.
Symbol I, i The amount of electric charge flowing past a specified circuit point per unit time.