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Running or moving rapidly. [Archaic] Like the current fire, that renneth Upon a cord. Gower. To chase a creature that was current then In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns. Tennyson.

In a current manner; generally; commonly; as, it is currently believed.

The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.

A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow.

ect; coöperating. I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. Sir J. Davies. The concurrent testimony of antiquity. Bp. Warburton.

With concurrence; unitedly.

The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence.

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

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.

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.

Running between or among; intervening. Boyle. Bp. Fell.

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.