main current
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmainandcurrent
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main
adjective[before noun]
uk/meɪn/us/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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current
noun[C]
uk/ˈkʌr.ənt/us/ˈkɝː.ənt/
a movement of water, air, or electricity in a ...
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(Definition ofmainandcurrentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If themaincurrentvalue is large enough, the magnetic pressure will become larger than the dynamic pressure at some time.
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Then themaincurrentcauses a quick increase in the axial electric current in a thin sheet via the skin effect.
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Itsmaincurrentpurpose is to provide the global legal framework for the multinational corporations to increase their power and profit.
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At low frequency, the current passes through the apoplastic space of the tissues where ions are themaincurrentcarriers.
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Time is measured from a linear extrapolation of the leading edge of themaincurrentpulse to the abscissa.
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Zero time corresponds to the star t of themaincurrentpulse.
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The lack of accurate and detailed data on forest cover change over time in most tropical countries is themaincurrentimpediment to the usefulness of global regression models.
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If he defied themaincurrentof liberal aesthetics in rejecting verbal, visual and moral ambiguity, he even more clearly opposed the right-wing ethos of his day.
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In practice, themaincurrentuse of asbestos is in asbestos cement roofing products and cladding.
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It also has application to what is perhaps ourmaincurrentproblem—namely, that of long-term pay determination.
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Themaincurrentof the debate so far has shown that we are perhaps ready to accept a practical solution of the problem.
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They mean something which can be approved generally and the idea of which is quite tight, but something which lies really outside themaincurrentof international affairs.
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Certainly it means strengthening themaincurrentof common sense so that the opinions of bureaucrats anxious to press their interests are tested against the general will.
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There are fourmaincurrentproposals.
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This is probably themaincurrentissue.
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The works of itsmaincurrentwere classicistic in form and rationalistic in social outlook.
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Themaincurrentusage areas are passenger ferries and military craft.
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