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a flow of electricity through a conductor;
"the current was measured in amperes"
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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"
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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"