"trickle charger" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 159:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1993, Dana Stabenow, A Fatal Thaw, →ISBN, page 6:",
          "text": "She hooked the truck battery up to the trickle charger and left it.",
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          "ref": "2003, Sharma, Basic Radio & Television, 2/E, →ISBN, page 49:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "A device for charging a battery slowly, using a very small current."
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          "note": "cargador / energizador goteante / mantenedor / continuo / instilante",
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  "word": "trickle charger"
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          "ref": "1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 159:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1993, Dana Stabenow, A Fatal Thaw, →ISBN, page 6:",
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