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The flow of electrical charge, usually electrons. (See Benjamin Franklin.)
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current, electric
The flow of large numbers of electrons through a conductor. (See alternating current, conduction, and direct current.)
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How to use current, electric in a sentence
Now of all machines perhaps the most docile and easily managed is the direct-current electric motor.
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