Nominal Voltage - The characteristic operating voltage or rated voltage of a battery.
Energy - The output capability of a cell or battery, usually expressed in watt-hours.
Parallel - Term used to describe the interconnection of cells or batteries in which all the like terminals are connected together. Results in increased capacity.
E-Rate - Discharge or charge power, in watts, expressed as a multiple of the rated capacity of a cell or battery which is expressed in watt-hours. For example, the E/10 rate for a cell or battery rated at 17.3 watt-hours is 1.73 watts. (This is similar to the method for calculating C-Rate.)
Memory Effect - A phenomenon in which a cell or battery operated in successive cycles to the same, but less than full, depth of discharge temporarily loses the rest of its capacity at normal voltage levels.
Crest factor (Fc) - Ratio between the peak current value to the rms current value.
Series - The interconnection of cells in such a manner that the positive terminal of the first is connected to the negative terminal of the second, and so on, resulting in increased voltage.
