in common or general use now
contemporary; common
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)