The Collaborative International Dictionary
Direct current \Direct current\ (Elec.)
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.
A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the inducing current, produced by stopping or removing the latter; also, a similar current produced by removal of a magnet.
Usage examples of "continuous current".
Instead I felt a continuous current in the Force: a rolling cycle like the breath of some vast creature alone in the dark.
But this energy was not like the physical energy with which he was familiar, and which was like a continuous current of power.
The pools of the stream were black, with steady glassy ribs raised by the continuous current.
Here I have the alternating city current and here a direct, continuous current from the storage-batteries of the cab below.