Meanings
adjectivelead-acid (not comparable)
- not comparableDescribing a battery having lead electrodes and an electrolyte of sulfuric acid solution; used in motor vehicles
The lead-acid batteries are mounted beneath the underframe in two parts, one either side of locomotive.
1962 December, “The B.R. standard diesel-electric Type 1 locomotive”, in Modern Railways, pages 381–3821 more example
The lighting equipment consists of [an] axle-driven shunt field dynamo with a regulator combining all the necessary switch gear as a unit, and a lead acid accumulator cell battery housed in two boxes on the underframe.
1951 May, “British Railways Standard Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 328
Translations
Irish luaidhe-aigéadach, aigéid is luaidhe
- luaidhe-aigéadachhaving lead electrodes and an electrolyte of sulfuric acid solution
- aigéid is luaidhehaving lead electrodes and an electrolyte of sulfuric acid solution
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