current

From Glossary of Meteorology
  1. Any movement of material in space.


See air current, ocean current.

  1. Any movement of electric charge in space, by virtue of which a net transport of charge occurs as, for example (in atmospheric electricity), in a conduction current, convection current, or precipitation current.
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