Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trickle charger

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: trick-le charg-er
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device for charging a battery slowly, using a very small current.

Example Sentences

"Attempts by Waterloo signalmen to clear the points by power operation eventually exhausted point motor batteries, which are fed by trickle chargers, and a blown fuse accentuated the problem; thus, even when the points had been cleared of ice, no power was available to operate them until the batteries were sufficiently recharged."
"She hooked the truck battery up to the trickle charger and left it."
"A trickle charger is particularly useful for batteries which have to be kept out of use temporarily or for standby batteries which are used only in emergencies."

Inflected Forms

trickle chargers (plural)

Rhymes With

larger charger

Questions

What does trickle charger mean?: A device for charging a battery slowly, using a very small current.

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