Currents, Current or The Current may refer to:

Science and technology

Current (fluid) A current in a fluid is the magnitude and direction of flow within that fluid, such as a liquid or a gas. Types of fluid currents include: * Air current * Boundary current * Current (stream), a current in a river or stream * Longshore current * Oc ...

, the flow of a liquid or a gas **

Air current In meteorology, air currents are concentrated areas of winds. They are mainly due to differences in atmospheric pressure or temperature. They are divided into horizontal and vertical currents; both are present at mesoscale while horizontal ones d ...

, a flow of air **

Ocean current An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of sea water generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences. Depth contours, s ...

, a current in the ocean ***

Rip current A rip current, often simply called a rip (or misleadingly a ''rip tide''), is a specific kind of water current that can occur near beaches with breaking waves. A rip is a strong, localized, and narrow current of water which moves directly away ...

, a kind of water current **

Current (stream) A current in a stream is the flow of water influenced by gravity as the water moves downhill to reduce its potential energy. The current varies spatially as well as temporally within the stream, dependent upon the flow volume of water, stream g ...

, currents in rivers and streams **

Convection current Convection is single or multiphase fluid flow that occurs spontaneously due to the combined effects of material property heterogeneity and body forces on a fluid, most commonly density and gravity (see buoyancy). When the cause of the convect ...

, flow caused by unstable density variation due to temperature differences *

Current (mathematics) In mathematics, more particularly in functional analysis, differential topology, and geometric measure theory, a ''k''-current in the sense of Georges de Rham is a functional on the space of compactly supported differential ''k''-forms, on a sm ...

, geometrical current in differential topology *

Conserved current In physics a conserved current is a current, j^\mu, that satisfies the continuity equation \partial_\mu j^\mu=0. The continuity equation represents a conservation law, hence the name. Indeed, integrating the continuity equation over a volume V, l ...

, a field associated to a symmetry in field theory *

Electric current An electric current is a stream of charged particles, such as electrons or ions, moving through an electrical conductor or space. It is measured as the net rate of flow of electric charge through a surface or into a control volume. The moving pa ...

, a flow of electric charge through a medium *

Probability current In quantum mechanics, the probability current (sometimes called probability flux) is a mathematical quantity describing the flow of probability. Specifically, if one thinks of probability as a heterogeneous fluid, then the probability current is th ...

, in quantum mechanics * IBM Current, an early personal information management program

Arts and entertainment

Music

* ''Current'' (album), a 1982 album by Heatwave * ''Currents'' (Eisley album) * ''Currents'' (Tame Impala album) * "The Current" (song), by the Blue Man Group * "Currents", a song by Dashboard Confessional from ''

Dusk and Summer ''Dusk and Summer'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Dashboard Confessional. Background With the release of ''A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar'' (2003), Dashboard Confessional solidified its line-up of vocalist/guitarist Chris Ca ...

'', 2006 * "Currents", a song by Drake from ''

Honestly, Nevermind ''Honestly, Nevermind'' is the seventh studio album by Canadian rapper and singer Drake, which was surprise-released on June 17, 2022, through OVO Sound and Republic Records. The album includes a sole guest feature from 21 Savage, and product ...

'', 2022

Film, television and radio

* ''Current'' (1992 film), a Bollywood film * ''Current'' (2009 film), a Telugu film *

Current TV Current TV was an American television channel which broadcast from August 1, 2005, to August 20, 2013. Prior INdTV founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, with Ronald Burkle, each held a sizable stake in Current TV. Comcast and DirecTV each held a smalle ...

, a defunct television channel in the US * ''Currents'' (TV series), an American Catholic news magazine television show *

Current (platform) Current is an American media platform. History The company was founded by CEO Dan Novaes, Nick McEvily, and Kiran Panesar in 2016. Platform On the Current platform users receive digital tokens called CRNC, which can be exchanged for goods or servic ...

, an American streaming service * ''The Current'' (radio program), CBC Radio, Canada *

KCMP KCMP (89.3 FM, 89.3 The Current) is a radio station owned by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) that broadcasts a AAA music format including a significant rotation of songs by local artists. Licensed to Northfield, Minnesota and covering the Minneapo ...

or 89.3 The Current, a Minnesota Public Radio station, US *

KDAM KDAM (94.3 FM) is a hot adult contemporary radio station serving Yankton, South Dakota, Yankton and Vermillion, South Dakota area that is city of license, licensed to Hartington, Nebraska. KDAM is owned and operated by Riverfront Broadcasting LL ...

or Current 94.3, a radio station serving Yankton and Vermillion, South Dakota

Publications

* ''Current'' (newspaper), an American trade journal * ''Currents'' (periodical), an international trade law journal *

Current Publishing Current Publishing is a publishing company in Southern Maine that was founded by publisher Lee Hews in 2001. In November 2015, after fourteen years of independent publishing, the company was sold to Sun Media, the local, family-owned publisher ...

, an American publishing company *

Current Publishing (UK) Current Publishing is a British magazine publishing company based in Chiswick, London. Summary Current Publishing was founded in 1998. The company now publishes four titles: ''Current Archaeology'', ''Current World Archaeology'', ''Military His ...

, a British publishing company *

The Current (news organization) The Current is a non-profit news organization in Lafayette, Louisiana. It describes itself as an "independent, digital newsroom pursuing answers to Lafayette's big questions." History The Current first appeared in April 2017 as a glossy print ...

, a non-profit online news organization in Lafayette, Louisiana * ''The Current'' (magazine), a student journal of Columbia University, US * ''The Current'' (newspaper), the student newspaper of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, US * ''The Current'' (NSU), the student newspaper of the Nova Southeastern University, US * ''

The Current Newspapers ''The Current Newspapers'' consisted of four print and online weekly community newspapers in Washington, D.C., with editions targeted to affluent communities in Georgetown, Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom, and Northwest DC. The publications group p ...

'', four print and online weekly community newspapers in Washington, DC, US

Other uses

Current Lighting Solutions Current Lighting Solutions, LLC (formerly Current, powered by GE and GE Current, a Daintree company), trading as Current, is a company that sells energy management systems. It is headquartered in Cleveland, U.S. The company CEO is Manish Bhandari, ...

, a electric subsidiary of American Industrial Partners formerly owned by

General Electric General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, and incorporated in New York state and headquartered in Boston. The company operated in sectors including healthcare, aviation, power, renewable energ ...

Finco Services Inc Finco Services, Inc. is a New York City-based financial services and software development company (Financial technology, FinTech) operating its mobile banking unit under the name Current. It was founded by Stuart Sopp June 2015. In 2020, the ''Th ...

, a US financial services company operating under the name Current *

Kansas City Current Kansas City Current is an American professional women's soccer team based in Kansas City, Kansas. It began play as an expansion team in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2021. History Establishment Kansas City last had an NWSL t ...