2. A strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something: The burning brush produced a billowing surge of smoke.
3. A fast, sudden movement: There was a suddenl surged forward in the car when Joe stepped on the gas pedal.
4. The swelling and rolling of the sea: The surge of the ocean crashed against the homes along the beach.
5. In meteorology, a widespread change in atmospheric pressure that is in addition to cyclonic and normal diurnal changes; A storm surge was predicted on the news in the morning.
6. With electricity, a sudden rush or burst of current or voltage; a violent oscillatory disturbance: A power surge at the city's generator produced a sudden blackout in the whole area.
7. An uneven flow and strong momentum given to a fluid: There was a surge of water in the tank resulting in a rapid, temporary rise in pressure.
8. A sudden unplanned change in an electrical system's voltage which is capable of damaging electrical equipment: An example of such a surge would be especially an increase in voltage significantly above the designated level of 120 volts for U.S. household and office wiring, or 220 volts in Europe or in other parts of the world.
9. Etymology: from Latin surgere, "to rise"; a contraction of surrigere, "to rise" from sub-, "up from below" + regere, "to keep straight, to guide".
Electrical surges refer to sudden unplanned changes in an electrical system's voltage that is capable of damaging electrical equipment, especially an increase in voltage significantly above the designated level of 120 volts or 220 volts.
2. To rise, to roll, to move, or to swell forward in or like waves: "The ocean surged against the beach area as the crowd surged back and forth."
3. To rise as if by a heaving or swelling force: "It was obvious that blood surged to his face when he heard the bad news."
4. To increase or to vary suddenly, as an electric current.
5. A sudden fluctuation of voltage as a result of lightning, switching, etc.
6. Etymology: Latin surgere literally meant "to lead up from below"; hence "rise".
It originated as a compound verb formed from the prefix sub-, from below" and regere, "to lead".
The English language acquired it by way of Old Spanish surgir and Old French sourgir, at which time it included meanings associated with watery references of "waves heaving".
Surgere also produced such English words as, resource, resurrection, and source.
Storm surges are said to be the deadliest elements of cyclonic storms.
2. A sudden, intense experience of an emotion; especially, one that seems to rush through a person like a wave: Lenora had a surge of anger when her colleague criticized her work.
3. A sudden increase in something, often one that is relatively short-lived: There was a surge in demand for the computers.
The people in the community experienced a sudden surge of prices for food products.
4. An unexpected and temporary increase in an electrical current or voltage: Addie's electric clock on the stove went out after the electric surge during the thunder storm.5. Etymology: "fountain, stream"; apparently from Middle French sourge-, a stem of sourdre, "to rise, to swell"; from Latin surgere, "to rise", a contraction of surrigere, "to rise"; from sub-, "up from below" + regere, "to keep straight, to guide".
The same Latin verb gives us insurgent, "one who rises up against authority" and resurrection, "a rising again".
2. To rise or to increase in a rapid manner: The crowd of enthusiasts were surging towards the auditorium to get seats to hear the lecture on astronomy.
As the Philippines' population surges, the space for learning vanishes
With a country whose population of 92 million is exploding or surging so fast, and whose education budget is so small, that it cannot find space to teach its children, many classes have 100 pupils in them.
The surge is a result of more children coming into the public schools as the economy tightens and families cannot afford the advantages of private schools, with their smaller classes.
The shortage of toilets has also become a problem; particularly when some lavatories have been converted into "claustrophobic faculty lounges, while the teacher's lounges have been put to use as classrooms".