CURRENT

n. Ku8r'e2nt. From currere, to run. It., corriente. Fr., courant. Ger., Strom. Sp., corriente. A flowing, as of the blood in the ve els, of electricity, etc. Abterminal c. Ger., Abterminal-Strom. Of Hermann, the secondary, le er c. developed at any point in a nerve or muscle after the pa age of a single induction shock. fA, 383 (K).] Action c. Ger., Wirkung trom. The electro-motive force resident in an isolated frog's muscle during the state of tetanus, induced by the application of a proper stimulus to its nerve. [A, 429 (K).] Adterminal c. Ger., Adterminal-Strom. Of Hermann, the negative c. observed at any point in a nerve or muscle on the pa age of a single induction U, blue; U, lull; U, full; U5, urn; U, like U (German). [s. 473]