currents
Rivers within rivers
Currents is the plural of current—flows of water, air, or electricity moving in a particular direction.
Ocean currents carry warm or cold water across vast distances.
Electrical currents power devices.
The word also covers prevailing trends or movements: the currents of public opinion, political currents sweeping the nation.
Periodic sea-level changes
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
- gyresRotating circular movements
- upwellingDeep water rising surfaceward
- downwellingFluid sinking from surface
thermohaline · coriolis · drift · circulation · marine · deepwater · subsurface · convection
Large flowing watercourse
- streamSteady continuous flow
- rapidsTurbulent river section
- riptideDangerous outward current
- eddyCircular counter-current
whirlpool · drift · flow · channel · torrent · undertow · swirl · tributary
Current popular trend
- zeitgeistEra's dominant mentality
- movementChange in position
- waveOscillating motion through medium
- shiftMovement or work period
tendency · momentum · direction · mainstream · drift · influence · pulse · mood
Unit of electrical flow
- voltElectromotive force unit
- ohmElectrical resistance measure
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- conductorOne who directs musicians
resistance · electrons · wattage · amperage · semiconductor · insulator · capacitor · inductor
High-altitude wind band
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
- windAir current outdoors
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- thermalPertaining to warmth
updraft · downdraft · circulation · trade winds · westerlies · monsoon · breeze · draft
tides
Periodic sea-level changes
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
- gyresRotating circular movements
- upwellingDeep water rising surfaceward
downwelling · thermohaline · coriolis · drift · circulation · marine · deepwater · subsurface · convection · salinity
river
Large flowing watercourse
eddy · whirlpool · drift · flow · channel · torrent · undertow · swirl · tributary · confluence
fashion
Current popular trend
shift · tendency · momentum · direction · mainstream · drift · influence · pulse · mood · sentiment
ampere
Unit of electrical flow
conductor · resistance · electrons · wattage · amperage · semiconductor · insulator · capacitor · inductor · transformer
jetstream
High-altitude wind band
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
- windAir current outdoors
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
thermal · updraft · downdraft · circulation · trade winds · westerlies · monsoon · breeze · draft · meteorological
- watersoceans, seas, Red Sea, lakes, Black Sea
- open seaocean, sea, high seas, open ocean, deep blue
- river adventureswhitewater rafting, rafting, kayak rentals, canoe rentals, canoeing
- rushing watercascade, torrent, rapids, rush, gush
- marine ecologyhabitat, kelp forest, coral reef, tide pool, estuary
- maritime studiesseamanship, marine navigation, oceanography, hydrography, maritime safety
currentsstill water
Water not flowing
stagnation · stillness · stagnant water · calm · standing water
currentscountercurrents
Flows opposing dominant direction
stasis · crosscurrents · turbulence · backflow · dead zones
- current eventsRecent notable happenings
- paper currencyPrinted money sheets
- electric currentCharge flow through conductors
- currency convertersTools calculating exchange rates
- current affairsOngoing public events
- currency exchangeConverting between national monies
current, currency, currently, concurrent, undercurrent, crosscurrent, electric current, concurrency, countercurrent