local battery

local battery definition - telecom
A battery that provides electrical power to stations, or terminal devices, as distinguished from the common battery that provides loop current, i.e., electrical energy to the line. See also battery, common battery, electricity, and loop current.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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