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current

(1) The flow of electrons through a circuit. Measured in "amperes." See amp and voltage.

(2) The latest version or model.

(3) (Current) An earlier Windows PIM from IBM that included a calendar, address book, phone dialer, outliner, word processor and Gantt charts for project tracking. It was revised by its developer, Jensen-Jones Inc., Red Bank, NJ, into a new package called Commence.

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current

1. a mass of air, body of water, etc., that has a steady flow in a particular direction

2. the rate of flow of such a mass

3. Physics

a. a flow of electric charge through a conductor

b. the rate of flow of this charge. It is measured in amperes

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current [′kər·ənt]

(electricity)

The net transfer of electric charge per unit time; a specialization of the physics definition. Also known as electric current.

(physics)

The rate of flow of any conserved, indestructible quantity across a surface per unit time.

current density

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(electronics)

current - The quantity of charge per unit time, measured in Amperes (Amps, A). By historical convention, the sign of current is positive for currents flowing from positive to negative potential, but experience indicates that electrons are negatively charged and flow in the opposite direction.