performance
execution carrying out carrying into action | the act of performing, of doing something successfully, using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it, they criticised his performance as mayor, experience generally improves performance |
| current intelligence | intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest, usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation |
| execution implementation carrying out | the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order, the agency was created for the implementation of the policy |
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 |
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 |
carrying cost
carrying charge | the opportunity cost of unproductive assets, the expense incurred by ownership |
| carrying charge | charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan |
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 |
| current | occurring in or belonging to the present time, current events, the current topic, current negotiations, current psychoanalytic theories, the ship's current position |