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1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Charging-current, in elect., the current used in charging a storage battery, condenser, or cable.

1961 Listener 9 Nov. 768/2 A cable, say fifty miles long, operating at a pressure of 100,000 volts, would be charged and discharged with every alternation of current, and this charging current, as it is called, would reach such large proportions that a cable this long would become completely impracticable.