Microsecond - 1,000,000th of a second (mS).
Limiting Current - The maximum current drain under which the particular battery will perform adequately under a continuous drain. The rate is based on whatever drain rate reduces the running voltage to 1.1 volts.
Hazardous Waste - Waste which is classified as "hazardous" (i.e., potentially harmful to the environment) by the government.
Gassing - The evolution of gas from one or more of the electrodes in a cell. Gassing commonly results from local action (self-discharge) or from the electrolysis of water in the electrolyte during charging.
Discharge Rate - The rate, usually expressed in amperes, at which electrical current is taken from the battery.
Closed-Circuit Voltage (CCV) - The potential or voltage of a battery when it is discharging or charging.
Harmonic Sinusoidal - Term of the Fourier series expansion of a periodic function. The harmonic (or harmonic component) of the nth order is characterized by - Yn is the rms value of the given harmonic component, w is the angular frequency of the fundamental, related to frequency by - w = 2_f; phin is the phase angle of the given harmonic component at t = 0.