Phrase Hound found 35 phrases and 17 compound words that contain currents. The most common are listed below. Open currents in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 35
- war of the currentsA series of events surrounding the introduction of competing electric power transmission systems in the late 1880s and early 1890s.
- battle of the currentsSynonym of war of the currents: A series of events surrounding the introduction of competing electric power transmission systems in the late 1880s and early 1890s.
- direct currentsplural of direct current: An electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time.
- displacement currentsplural of displacement current: The direction and rate of change of the electric displacement field at a given point of space and time. It can be expressed as a vector.
- Earth currentsplural of Earth current: An extremely low frequency electrical current that occurs naturally over large underground areas at or near the surface of the Earth.
- electric currentsplural of electric current: A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.
- neutral currentsplural of neutral current: An exchange current which carries no electric charge and mediates certain types of electroweak interactions.
- ocean currentsplural of ocean current: Any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of water that flows in one of the Earth's oceans.
- rip currentsplural of rip current: A strong flow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
- eddy currentsplural of eddy current: An induced electric current formed within the body of a conductor when it is exposed to a time varying magnetic field; used in induction heating and in some braking and damping systems.
- tidal currentsplural of tidal current: The flow of water caused by the rise and fall of the tide.
- alternating currentsplural of alternating current: An electric current in which the direction of flow of the electrons reverses periodically.
- turbidity currentsplural of turbidity current: A fast-flowing downhill current (of air or water) that carries silt
- Foucault currentsplural of Foucault current: An eddy current.
- Birkeland currentsplural of Birkeland current: A set of currents that flow along geomagnetic field lines connecting the Earth's magnetosphere to the Earth's high-latitude ionosphere.
- telluric currentsplural of telluric current: An extremely low frequency electrical current that occurs naturally over large underground areas at or near the surface of the Earth.
- dark currentsplural of dark current: The temperature-dependent current that flows in a photodetector when no light is shining on it.
- down-currentsplural of down-current: A downward-moving current.
- electrical currentsplural of electrical current: A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.
- fault currentsplural of fault current: An irregularity in an electric current that leads to an electrical fault.
- four-currentsplural of four-current: The analogy of electric current density in four-dimensional spacetime
- funny currentsplural of funny current: An electric current in the heart that flows through the HCN channel or pacemaker channel.
- induced currentsplural of induced current: An electric current due to variation in the magnetic field surrounding its conductor.
- injury currentsplural of injury current: the electric current due to an injury potential
- mesh currentsplural of mesh current: In mesh analysis: a construct representing a component of current associated with a particular mesh (loop); the real current on a wire is the sum of the (either positive of negative, depending on direction) mesh …
Compound words 17
- undercurrentsplural of undercurrent: A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a different direction from surface currents.
- crosscurrentsplural of crosscurrent: A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents.
- aftercurrentsplural of aftercurrent: An electric current that is induced in a muscle when a constant current through it stops
- concurrentsplural of concurrent: Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
- countercurrentsplural of countercurrent: A current that flows against the prevailing one.
- downcurrentsplural of downcurrent: A downward-moving current.
- intercurrentsplural of intercurrent: Running between or among, in a physical sense; interlayered.
- macrocurrentsplural of macrocurrent: An electric current greater than about one milliamp, especially when used in physiotherapy
- microcurrentsplural of microcurrent: An electric current with a very low amperage
- nanocurrentsplural of nanocurrent: A nanoscale current