| CURRENT | • current n. The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid. • current n. The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) short for ocean current. • current n. (Electricity) the amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time. |
| DECURRENT | • decurrent adj. (Botany) Pertaining to plant parts that extend downward, most often applied to leaf blades that partly… • decurrent adj. (Mycology) Pertaining to lamellae (the gills of a mushroom) that are broadly attached and extend down… • decurrent adj. (Obsolete) running or extending downwards. |
| EXCURRENT | • excurrent adj. (Botany) Of a vein or costa, extending beyond the tip or the margin of a leaf. • EXCURRENT adj. running or flowing out. |
| INCURRENT | • incurrent adj. Carrying inward; relating to an inward current. • INCURRENT adj. carrying an inflowing current. |
| OCCURRENT | • occurrent adj. Current, actual, occurring. • occurrent n. (Now chiefly philosophy) An event, something that occurs. • occurrent n. One who comes to meet another. |
| RECURRENT | • recurrent adj. Recurring; happening time after time. • recurrent adj. (Mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) Non-transient. • recurrent adj. (Anatomy) Running back toward its origin. |
| UNCURRENT | • uncurrent adj. (Of money) Not in present circulation as currency. • UNCURRENT adj. not current e.g. uncurrent notes. |
| CONCURRENT | • concurrent adj. Happening at the same time; simultaneous. • concurrent adj. Belonging to the same period; contemporary. • concurrent adj. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect. |
| NONCURRENT | • noncurrent adj. Not current. • NONCURRENT adj. not current. |
| PERCURRENT | • percurrent adj. (Botany) Running through the entire length; running through from top to bottom, as the midrib of a dicotyledonous… • PERCURRENT adj. extending the whole length (of a leaf). |
| CROSSCURRENT | • crosscurrent n. (Nautical) A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents. • crosscurrent n. (By extension) A situation in which there are conflicting opinions. • CROSSCURRENT n. a current running counter to the general forward direction. |
| INTERCURRENT | • intercurrent adj. Running between or among; intervening. • intercurrent adj. (Medicine, of a disease or condition) Simultaneous; occurring at the same time as, or during the period… • intercurrent adj. (Medicine, of a disease or condition) Not belonging to any particular season. |
| NONRECURRENT | • nonrecurrent adj. Not recurrent. • NONRECURRENT adj. not recurring. |
| PHOTOCURRENT | • photocurrent n. Any electric current that flows as a result of photoconductivity or the photovoltaic effect. • PHOTOCURRENT n. a stream of electrons produced by photoelectric or photovoltaic effects. |
| SUPERCURRENT | • supercurrent n. (Physics) The current flowing through a superconductor. • SUPERCURRENT n. a current of electricity flowing in a superconductor. |
| TRANSCURRENT | • transcurrent adj. Passing transversely. • transcurrent adj. (Geology) Pertaining to a fault caused by horizontal displacement. • TRANSCURRENT adj. running across, transverse. |
| UNDERCURRENT | • undercurrent n. A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a different direction from surface currents. • undercurrent n. (Figuratively) A tendency of feeling or opinion that is concealed rather than exposed. • undercurrent v. (Transitive, also figuratively) To flow under some surface. |
| NONCONCURRENT | • nonconcurrent adj. Not concurrent. • NONCONCURRENT adj. not concurrent. |
| PALAEOCURRENT | • palaeocurrent n. Alternative spelling of paleocurrent. • PALAEOCURRENT n. a current that existed at a particular stage in the geological development of the earth, as evinced by sedimentary rock formations. |
| COUNTERCURRENT | • countercurrent n. A current that flows against the prevailing one. • countercurrent adj. Running in an opposite direction. • COUNTERCURRENT n. a current flowing in a direction opposite that of another current. |