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balancer

balancer

1 6.8
A device that makes all battery cells charge and discharge evenly
  • noun
  • /ˈbælənser/
  • Specialized
translation icon : balanceador de celdas
  • The Sapelem balancer is used in Peugeot's automotive assembly plants, in Snecma Moteur's aircraft plants, and in electronics factories throughout Europe.

Examples

  • The balancer ensures that each cell in the battery pack charges evenly and maintains its voltage.

  • To prevent overcharging, the balancer equalizes the voltages of the individual battery cells.

  • And, you know, then you switched over all the traffic to the other load balancer, which exhibits exactly the same bug.

  • The communication between the load balancer and the virtual servers is encrypted.

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  • If they follow the trail to the next country and find the load balancer, there is just a diskless server there.

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  • And today, state-of-the-art load balancers do this.

  • Then we only have to upload the VM images and reconfigure the load balancer to get the site up and running again.

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  • Client 1 has requested Content A, and my load balancer directs that request to one of the backend servers, say X, on a round-robin basis.

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  • Using a balancer in your battery system can help prolong the life of the cells by ensuring they discharge at the same rate.

Synonyms

equalizer
vsbalancer
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A weight or tool that makes two sides level on a beam

focuses on matching voltages across battery cells to keep charge even

Surface Forms

balancer singular
balancers plural

Morphology

balancer = balance (transparent) = balance + er

Device-naming with '-er' from the verb 'balance' (one that balances battery cell voltages) is a standard, transparent derivation.

Etymology

Balancer comes from balance and the ending -er, and balance means 'to make equal', like matching two weights on 'scales'. So a battery balancer is a device that keeps each cell at the same level so they charge and discharge evenly.