"trickle charge" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "word": "trickle charger"
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      "form": "trickle charges",
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      "form": "trickle charged",
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        "past"
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      "form": "trickle charged",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "Keeping a battery fully charged by charging it at a rate equal to its self-discharge rate."
      ],
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          "ref": "2024 March 6, “Network News: GWR '230' sets UK battery record”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 13:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "Charging a battery slowly, or by using a significantly smaller current than the battery is able to accept."
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "note": "carga / energización goteante / mantenedora / continua / instilante",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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    "trickle charge"
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      "word": "trickle charger"
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      "form": "trickle charges",
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        "third-person"
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        "present"
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      "form": "trickle charged",
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        "Keeping a battery fully charged by charging it at a rate equal to its self-discharge rate."
      ],
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          "charging",
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          "ref": "2024 March 6, “Network News: GWR '230' sets UK battery record”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 13:",
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        "feminine"
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