| current intelligence | intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest, usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation |
hydrogen bomb
H-bomb
fusion bomb
thermonuclear bomb | a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium |
| hydrogen ion concentration | the number of moles of hydrogen ions per cubic decimeter |
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 |
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 |
| hydrogen ion | a positively charged atom of hydrogen, that is to say, a normal hydrogen atomic nucleus |
alternating current
AC
alternating electric current | an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally, In the US most household current is AC atcycles per second |
| hydrogen bond | a chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side be a covalent bond and the other being an ionic bond |
| 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 |
hydrazoic acid
azoimide
hydrogen azide
HN | a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling |
| hydrogen cyanide | a highly poisonous gas or volatile liquid that smells like bitter almonds, becomes a gas at arounddegree Fahrenheit and is most dangerous when inhaled, the anhydride of hydrocyanic acid, used in manufacturing |
hydrogen
H
atomic number | a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas, the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe |
| hydrogen atom | an atom of hydrogen |
acidic hydrogen
acid hydrogen | a hydrogen atom in an acid that forms a positive ion when the acid dissociates |
deuterium
heavy hydrogen | an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen) |
bicarbonate
hydrogen carbonate | a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced, an acid carbonate |
bicarbonate of soda
sodium hydrogen carbonate
sodium bicarbonate
baking soda
saleratus | a white soluble compound (NaHCO) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid |
hydrogen peroxide
peroxide | a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties, a powerful bleaching agent, also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels |
potassium bicarbonate
potassium acid carbonate
potassium hydrogen carbonate | a crystalline salt (KHCO) that is used in baking powder and as an antacid |
| hydrogen bromide | a colorless gas that yields hydrobromic acid in solution with water |
| hydrogen chloride | a colorless corrosive gas (HCl) |
| hydrogen fluoride | a colorless poisonous corrosive liquid made by the action of sulphuric acid on calcium fluoride, solutions in water are hydrofluoric acid |
| hydrogen iodide | a colorless gas that yields hydroiodic acid in aqueous solution |
| hydrogen sulfide | a sulfide having the unpleasant smell of rotten eggs |
cream of tartar
tartar
potassium bitartrate
potassium hydrogen tartrate | a salt used especially in baking powder |
| hydrogen-bomb | attack with a hydrogen bomb |
| current | occurring in or belonging to the present time, current events, the current topic, current negotiations, current psychoanalytic theories, the ship's current position |