Japan Current - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: japan currentJapan current
A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific called also Kuro Siwo or Black Stream in allusion to the deep blue of its water It is similar in may ways to the Gulf Stream...
VerbarKuro Siwo
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electric current
the movement of electrically charged particles atoms or ions through solids liquids gases or free space the term is usually used of relatively smooth movements of electric charge through conductors whether constant or variable Sudden movements of charge are usually referred to by other terms such as spark or lightning or discharge In metallic conductors the electric current is usually due to movement of electrons through the metal The current is measured as the rate of movement of charge per unit time and is counted in units of amperes As a formal definition the direction of movement of electric current is considered as the same as the direction of movement of positive charge or in a direction opposite to the movement of negative charge Electric current may move constantly in a single direction called direct current abbreviated DC or may move alternately in one direction and then the opposite direction called alternating current abbreviated AC...
Current official scale of rates
Current official scale of rates, the expression 'current' means 'vogue' or 'prevalent'; and 'current rate' may mean the rate obtaining at a particular time or at a future time or from time to time. The terms goes well with the present, future and recurrent, the words 'current official' scale of rates' in para IV of the agreement mean the official scale of rates current or prevalent from time to time during the currency of the agreement, Gopisetti Venkatratmam v. Vijayawada Municipality, AIR 1966 SC 353 (354, 355): (1965) 3 SCR 276. [Electricity Act, (9 of 1910), s. 21(2)]...
Direct current
A current flowing in one direction only distinguished from alternating current When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current...
Japan
Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner also the varnish or lacquer used in japanning...
current ratio
current ratio A ratio of a business' current assets to its current liabilities ...
Currently
In a current manner generally commonly as it is currently believed...
Eddy current
An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal called also Foucault current...
Phasing current
The momentary current between two alternating current generators when juxtaposed in parallel and not agreeing exactly in phase or period...
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