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trickle charging

trickle charging is the present participle and gerund of trickle charge.

Meaning of trickle charge

Verb

trickle charge (third-person singular simple present trickle charges, present participle trickle charging, simple past and past participle trickle charged)

  1. Keeping a battery fully charged by charging it at a rate equal to its self-discharge rate.
  2. Charging a battery slowly, or by using a significantly smaller current than the battery is able to accept.
    • GWR plans to use it on the Greenford branch in west London, making use of a fast charger at West Ealing that will charge the batteries in just three and a half minutes. This fast charger is essentially a battery installed at the lineside which is trickle-charged from the electricity grid. It can...2024 March 6, “Network News: GWR '230' sets UK battery record”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 13

Questions about trickle charging

What is trickle charging the present participle and gerund of?
Trickle charging is the present participle and gerund of trickle charge.

Words near trickle charging in the dictionary

  1. trickle charge
  2. trickle charged
  3. trickle charger
  4. trickle chargers
  5. trickle charges
  6. trickle charging
  7. trickle down
  8. trickle down hypothesis
  9. trickle off
  10. trickle truth
  11. trickle-down

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