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Agreeing. Concurring figure (Geom.), one which, being laid on another, exactly meets every part of it, or one which correspondends with another in all its parts.

A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.

The act of running down; a lapse. [R.] Gauden.

Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem. -- De*cur"rent*ly, adv.

The current flowing through a delta connection.

A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current.

Not current or free to circulate; not in use. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; -- called also Foucault current.

Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top.

An eddy current.

Not concurring; disagreeing. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

The act of incurring, bringing on, or subjecting one's self to (something troublesome or burdensome); as, the incurrence of guilt, debt, responsibility, etc.

Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca.

A current due to variation in the magnetic field surrounding its conductor.

A passing or running between; occurrence. Boyle.

Said of diseases occurring in the course of another disease. Dunglison.

A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific; -- called also Kuro-Siwo, or Black Stream, in allusion to the deep blue of its water. It is similar in may ways to the Gulf Stream…

Having relation to changes in currents that depend on the moon's phases. Bache.

Refusal to concur.

Not recurring.