{
  "id": "current.fluid",
  "term": "current",
  "sense": "fluid",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 4,
  "arena": "EmergenceLexicon",
  "domain": "",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a flow of matter or energy through a place",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "flow.movement",
      "matter.substance",
      "energy.capacity",
      "space.extent"
    ],
    "interaction": "When flow moves together through a place, it makes a regular movement of matter or energy.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "directional movement",
      "continuous transfer",
      "spatial trajectory"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Gulf Stream carries warm water from the Gulf of Mexico to Western Europe, influencing regional climates.",
      "domain": "oceanography"
    },
    {
      "text": "Blood flows through the human aorta at about 30 cm/s during systole, delivering oxygen to tissues.",
      "domain": "physiology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Hoover Dam channels Colorado River water through turbines, generating 4 billion kWh annually.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "flow.movement",
      "note": "",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "matter.substance",
      "note": "",
      "type": "medium-for"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "brink.edge",
    "cable.electrical",
    "chaos.unpredictable-drift",
    "margin.spatial",
    "possibility.potential",
    "questions.linguistic",
    "status.social",
    "strain.measurable-degradation",
    "water.liquid"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "current",
    "currents"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "Added space.extent to components, as 'through a place' in the definition and interaction requires spatial extent. All other components remain. Definition judged accurate and minimal."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-current.fluid"
}