Delta current

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• Delta

  DELTAT he appellation of Delta, or the triangular land, was given to various regions by the Greeks, ...

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• delta

  delta, ae, f. or indecl. n., = δέλτα, I the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, delta , Δ: non form...

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• Delta

  ·add. ·noun an object having the shape of the capital /. II. Delta ·add. ·noun The fourth letter of...

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• delta

  A name given by the Greeks to the alluvial tract inclosed between the bifurcating branches of the Ni...

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• Current

  ·adj Running or moving rapidly. II. Current ·adj Commonly estimated or acknowledged. III. Current ...

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• current

  A certain progressive flowing of the sea in one direction, by which all bodies floating therein are ...

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• Delta connection

  ·add. ·- One of the usual forms or methods for connecting apparatus to a three-phase circuit, the th...

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• Alternating current

  ·add. ·- A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow. ...

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• Direct current

  ·add. ·- A current flowing in one direction only; — distinguished from alternating current. When st...

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• Eddy current

  ·add. ·- An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; — called also Fouca...

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• Foucault current

  ·add. ·- An eddy current. ...

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• Induced current

  ·add. ·- A current due to variation in the magnetic field surrounding its conductor. ...

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• Japan current

  ·add. ·- A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and...

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• Oscillating current

  ·add. ·- A current alternating in direction. ...

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• Phasing current

  ·add. ·- The momentary current between two alternating-current generators when juxtaposed in paralle...

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• Rossel current

  ·- A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea...

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• Sneak current

  ·add. ·- A current which, though too feeble to blow the usual fuse or to injure at once telegraph or...

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• Y current

  ·add. ·- The current through one branch of the star arrangement of a three-phase circuit. ...

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• counter-current

  That portion of water diverted from the main stream of a current by the particular formation of the ...

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• current sailing

  The method of determining the true motion of a ship, when, besides being acted upon by the wind, she...

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• equatorial current

  The set, chiefly westerly, so frequently met with near the equator, especially in the Atlantic Ocean...

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• surface current

  A current which does not extend more than 8 or 10 feet below the surface. Also, fresh water running ...

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• under-current

  A stream which sets beneath the surface-water of the sea whilst that is either in a quiescent state ...

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• velocity of current

  , depends on several circumstances. First, the tide varies with the state of the moon, running stron...

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• set of the wind and current

  See direction of the wind and current ...

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• direction or set of the wind and current

  These are opposite terms; the direction of the winds and waves being named from the point of the com...

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• st of the of the wind and current

  See direction of the wind and current ...

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