·add. ·- The momentary current between two alternating-current generators when juxtaposed in parallel and not agreeing exactly in phase or period.
·add. ·adj Pertaining to phase or differences of phase. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Running or moving rapidly. II. Current ·adj Commonly estimated or acknowledged. III. Current ...
A certain progressive flowing of the sea in one direction, by which all bodies floating therein are ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- Any of several transformers (there must be at least two) for changing phase. ...
·add. ·- A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow. ...
·add. ·- The current flowing through a delta connection. ...
·add. ·- A current flowing in one direction only; — distinguished from alternating current. When st...
·add. ·- An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; — called also Fouca...
·add. ·- An eddy current. ...
·add. ·- A current due to variation in the magnetic field surrounding its conductor. ...
·add. ·- A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and...
·add. ·- A current alternating in direction. ...
·- A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea...
·add. ·- A current which, though too feeble to blow the usual fuse or to injure at once telegraph or...
·add. ·- The current through one branch of the star arrangement of a three-phase circuit. ...
That portion of water diverted from the main stream of a current by the particular formation of the ...
The method of determining the true motion of a ship, when, besides being acted upon by the wind, she...
The set, chiefly westerly, so frequently met with near the equator, especially in the Atlantic Ocean...
A current which does not extend more than 8 or 10 feet below the surface. Also, fresh water running ...
A stream which sets beneath the surface-water of the sea whilst that is either in a quiescent state ...
, depends on several circumstances. First, the tide varies with the state of the moon, running stron...
See direction of the wind and current ...
These are opposite terms; the direction of the winds and waves being named from the point of the com...