current

  • 51current — See: SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 52current — See: SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 53current — A body of water moving in a certain direction and caused by wind and density differences in water. The effects of a current are modified by water depth, underwater topography, basin shape, land masses, and deflection from the earth …

    Military dictionary

  • 54current — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. common, prevalent, present, in vogue, prevailing; accepted, abroad, rife; existing, circulating, rumored. See publication, generality, news. n. stream, flow; movement, tendency; draft. See wind,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 55current — [13] Current literally means ‘running’. It comes from Old French corant, the present participle of courre ‘run’, which in turn was descended from Latin currere ‘run’. This has been traced back to a prehistoric root denoting ‘swift movement’,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 56current — See: swim against the current …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 57current — adjective 1》 happening or belonging to the present time: current affairs. 2》 in general use. noun 1》 a body of water or air moving in a definite direction through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement. 2》 a flow of… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 58current — srovė statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. current vok. Strom, m rus. ток, m pranc. courant, m; intensité, f …

    Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • 59current — srovė statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Kryptingas krūvininkų, dujų ar skysčio srautas. atitikmenys: angl. current vok. Fließen, n; Strömen, n; Strom, m rus. струя, f; течение, n; ток, m pranc. courant, m …

    Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

  • 60current — srovė statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Kryptingas krūvininkų, dujų ar skysčio srautas. atitikmenys: angl. current rus. струя; течение; ток …

    Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas