dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"連続した出来事または考えの支配的な方向(水道水できわどい)流れ
例:The current of history. 歴史の流れ。
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"流体の一定の流れ(通常、自然発生のもの)流水