currently
Variant of current
current
Definition
cur·rent (kʉr′ənt)
adjective
- Obsolete running or flowing
- now going on; now in progress the current month, his current job
- at the present time; contemporary current fashions
- of most recent date the current edition
- passing from person to person; circulating current money, current rumors
- commonly used, known, or accepted; prevalent a current term
- Accounting
- designating any asset that would normally be converted into cash within one year
- designating any liability that must be paid within one year
Etymology: altered (infl. by L) < ME curraunt < OFr curant, prp. of courre < L currere, to run < IE base *kers-, to run, wagon > Gaul carros
noun
- a flow of water or air, esp. when strong or swift, in a definite direction; specif., such a flow within a larger body of water or mass of air
- a general tendency or drift; course
- Elec. the flow or rate of flow of electrons, ions, or holes in a conductor or medium between two points having a difference in potential, measured in amperes and equal to the ratio of the voltage to the resistance: symbol, I
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