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(Greek: swim, swimming, swimmer; sail, sailor; float, floating)
(Greek: to sail, to float; flow)
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float charge
The voltage required to counteract the self-discharge of the battery at a certain temperature.
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float life
The number of years that a battery can keep its stated capacity when it is kept at float charge.
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float service
A battery operation in which the battery is normally connected to an external current source; for instance, a battery charger which supplies the battery load under normal conditions, while also providing enough energy input to the battery to make up for its internal quiescent losses, thus keeping the battery always up to full power and ready for service.
This entry is located in the following unit: Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms + (page 9)
float-zone process, foat zone process, floatzone process
A method of growing a large-size, high-quality crystal whereby coils heat a polycrystalline ingot placed on top of a single-crystal seed.

As the coils are slowly raised the molten interface beneath the coils becomes single crystal.

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