surge upsurge | a sudden or abrupt strong increase, stimulated a surge of speculation, an upsurge of emotion, an upsurge in violent crime |
current intelligence | intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest, usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation |
surge suppressor surge protector spike suppressor spike arrester lightning arrester | electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current |
billow surge | a large sea wave |
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 |
rush spate surge upsurge | a sudden forceful flow |
debris surge debris storm | the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building, the destruction of the building produced an enormous debris surge |
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 |
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 |
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 |
current unit | a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time |
surge | see one's performance improve, He levelled the score and then surged ahead |
scend surge | rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave, the boats surged |
tide surge | rise or move forward, surging waves |
soar soar up soar upwards surge zoom | rise rapidly, the dollar soared against the yen |
billow surge heave | rise and move, as in waves or billows, The army surged forward |
current | occurring in or belonging to the present time, current events, the current topic, current negotiations, current psychoanalytic theories, the ship's current position |