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 * ...

, the flow of a liquid or a gas ** Air current, 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 ...

, 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 Volume is a m ...

, 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 conve ...

, flow caused by unstable density variation due to temperature differences * Current (mathematics), 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, la ...

, a field associated to a symmetry in field theory * Electric current, 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 serv ...

, an American streaming service * The Current (radio program), ''The Current'' (radio program), CBC Radio, Canada * KCMP or 89.3 The Current, a Minnesota Public Radio station, US * KDAM or Current 94.3, a radio station serving Yankton and Vermillion, South Dakota

Publications

* Current (newspaper), ''Current'' (newspaper), an American trade journal * Currents (periodical) , ''Currents'' (periodical), an international trade law journal * Current Publishing, an American publishing company * Current Publishing (UK), a British publishing company * The Current (news organization), a non-profit online news organization in Lafayette, Louisiana * The Current (magazine), ''The Current'' (magazine), a student journal of Columbia University, US * The Current (newspaper), ''The Current'' (newspaper), the student newspaper of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, US * The Current (NSU), ''The Current'' (NSU), the student newspaper of the Nova Southeastern University, US * ''The Current Newspapers'', four print and online weekly community newspapers in Washington, DC, US

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