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in common or general use now

contemporary; common

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Cases of word usage

1) an act, result, of discharging or being discharged (all senses); to give or send out (liquid, gas, electric current etc) (discharge)

2) (a current of) flowing air in a room, chimney or other enclosed place (draught)

3) one of two solid points by which an electric current enters or leaves a battery etc (electrode)

4) a machine or instrument used for making a current of air (e.g. to cool a room); a very keen supporter (fan)

5) a (length of) flexible covered wire for electric current (flex)

6) (a device with) a thin wire which melts and breaks the circuit when the electric current is too strong (fuse)

7) a system of overhead cables carried on pylons, for distributing electric current over a large area; a set of bars over a hole in a road (grid)

8) an amount which is (to be) carried; an amount of electric current carried by a circuit (load)

9) a piece of rubber etc used to stop up a hole, e.g. in a bath; a device used for making a connection with a supply of electric current (plug)

10) an apparatus for sending messages by the use of electric current along wires or by radio (telegraph)

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