Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trickle charge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: trick-le charge
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Keeping a battery fully charged by charging it at a rate equal to its self-discharge rate.

verb

Charging a battery slowly, or by using a significantly smaller current than the battery is able to accept.

Example Sentences

"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 then discharge quickly into the train's batteries through charging rails and then start recharging itself while the train is running in service."

Inflected Forms

trickle charges (present, singular) trickle charging (participle, present) trickle charged (participle, past) trickle charged (past)

Phrases

trickle charger

Antonyms

fast charge fast-charge

Questions

What does trickle charge mean?: Keeping a battery fully charged by charging it at a rate equal to its self-discharge rate.

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