2.Current, present, prevailing, prevalent refer to something generally or commonly in use. That which is current is in general circulation or a matter of common knowledge or acceptance: current usage in English. Present refers to that which is in use now; it always has the sense of time: present customs. That which is prevailing is that which has superseded others: prevailing fashion.
E.g. means for example (from the Latin exempli gratia). I.e. means in other words or that is (from the Latin id est). The abbreviations e.g. (from the Latin exempli gratia) and i.e. (from the Latin id est) are often confused. This is because they are both used to introduce some clarification of something previously mentioned. The abbreviation e.g. is used to provide an example:
I urge you to consider 'erg' as a unit of work. It is the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter. Contrary to popular restaurant reviewers, â¦ a 'dyne' is a centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force required to impart an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second to a mass of one gram.