corrente

Definitions of corrente
  1. noun
    a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
    synonyms: movimento, scuola
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    corpo, gruppo, persona, persona giuridica
    a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
  2. noun
    a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
    synonyms: movimento, scuola
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    riforma
    a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms
    impressionismo
    a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light
    avanguardia
    any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
    cubismo
    an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes
    espressionismo
    an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality
    futurismo
    an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age
    naturalismo, realismo
    an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
    pietismo
    17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion
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    comunità, gruppo sociale, società
    people sharing some social relation
  3. noun
    a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
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    lagna
    the water current caused by the tides
    fiumana, fiumara
    a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
    gorgo, mulinello, vortice
    a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
    risucchio
    the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
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    getto, sbocco
    the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
  4. noun
    a flow of electricity through a conductor
    synonyms: elettricità, energia elettrica
  5. noun
    a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons
    synonyms: elettricità, energia elettrica
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    fenomeno fisico
    a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
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