| current intelligence | intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest, usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation |
measurement
measuring
measure
mensuration | the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule, the measurements were carefully done, his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate |
| mental measurement | a generic term used to cover any application of measurement techniques to the quantification of mental functions |
leak
news leak | unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information |
tidal flow
tidal current | the water current caused by the tides |
riptide
rip current | a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore |
current
stream | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes), the raft floated downstream on the current, he felt a stream of air, the hose ejected a stream of water |
escape
leak
leakage
outflow | the discharge of a fluid from some container, they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe, he had to clean up the leak |
stream
flow
current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas, two streams of development run through American history, stream of consciousness, the flow of thought, the current of history |
| leak | an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape, one of the tires developed a leak |
alternating current
AC
alternating electric current | an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally, In the US most household current is AC atcycles per second |
| current electric current | a flow of electricity through a conductor, the current was measured in amperes |
direct current
DC
direct electric current | an electric current that flows in one direction steadily |
| ocean current | the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction |
| equatorial current | any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator |
| North Equatorial Current | an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator |
| South Equatorial Current | an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator |
Japan current
Kuroshio current
Kuroshio | a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean |
Peruvian current
Humboldt current | a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west |
dynamic electricity
current electricity | a flow of electric charge |
| thermionic current | an electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission |
wind
air current current of air | air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure, trees bent under the fierce winds, when there is no wind, row, the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere |
red currant
garden current
Ribes rubrum | cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries |
leak fungus
ring rot fungus
Rhizopus stolonifer | fungus causing soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables and rings of dry rot around roots of sweet potatoes |
liquid assets
current assets
quick assets | assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) |
checking account
chequing account
current account | a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand |
| current account | that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments |
leak
wetting
making water
passing water | a euphemism for urination, he had to take a leak |
system of measurement
metric | a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic |
unit of measurement
unit | any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange, the dollar is the United States unit of currency, a unit of wheat is a bushel, change per unit volume |
| current unit | a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time |
scale scale of measurement
graduated table
ordered series | an ordered reference standard, judging on a scale of to |
gauge
standard of measurement | accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared |
| leak | soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi |
f make urinate
piddle
puddle
micturate
piss
pee
pee-pee
make water
relieve oneself
take a leak
spend a penny
wee
wee-wee
pass water | eliminate urine, Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug |
| leak | have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out, The container leaked gasoline, the roof leaks badly |
| leak | enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure, Water leaked out of the can into the backpack, Gas leaked into the basement |
| leak leak out | be leaked, The news leaked out despite his secrecy |
| leak | tell anonymously, The news were leaked to the paper |
| current | occurring in or belonging to the present time, current events, the current topic, current negotiations, current psychoanalytic theories, the ship's current position |