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Strom — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • current adjective Happening or existing right now.
  • electric current noun The flow of electric charge through a conductor such as a wire, measured in amperes.
  • electricity noun A form of energy caused by the movement of charged particles, used to power lights, appliances, and machines.
  • power noun The ability to do something, or to control and influence people or events.
  • river noun A large natural stream of water flowing across land, usually into the sea, a lake, or another river.
  • stream noun A small natural flow of water, smaller than a river.
  • thread noun A thin, long strand of spun fiber used for sewing or weaving.
  • tide noun The regular rise and fall of the sea, caused mainly by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
  • torrent noun A violent, fast-moving stream of water or other liquid.

Senses

Strom is used for these senses in English:

  • current The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.
  • current (electricity) The amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time.
  • electric current (electromagnetism) A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.
  • electric current (electromagnetism) The net charge that passes through some cross-section of a conducting material (in one direction), per unit time, having the SI unit A (C/s).
  • electricity Electrical power, as supplied by power stations or generators. [from 19th c.]
  • power (specifically) Electricity or a supply of electricity.
  • river A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
  • river Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

current — full definition

  1. adjective Happening or existing right now.
  2. noun A continuous flow of water, air, or electricity in a particular direction.

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