What is the meaning of current?

noun

• A flow of electricity through a conductor.
  • usage: "the current was measured in amperes"
  • synonyms: electric current
• A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes. )
  • usage: "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"
  • synonyms: stream
• Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas.
  • usage: "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
  • synonyms: stream, flow

adjective

• Occurring in or belonging to the present time.
  • usage: "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"