Synonym of take control, especially in situations involving informal command over a group of people.

(physics) The static electric energy of a charged body. / (physics) The quantity of unbalanced positive or negative ions in or on an object; measured in coulombs.

(military, nautical, aviation) A form of bomb, launched from a ship or dropped from an aircraft, that is designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater for the purposes of attacking a submerged enemy, especially a submarine.

(transitive, military, nautical, aviation) To attack (a target, usually a submarine) with depth charges.

(physics) an electric charge that is less than the charge on an electron; for example, that of a quark

(physics) Any particle, especially a subatomic particle, that carries an electric charge. / (chemistry) An ion.

(Britain) deputy to a foreman in a factory

(physics) The localized excess electric charge in a specific volume; especially such a negative charge

(physics) The ratio of the electric charge to the mass of a particle

A supervisory nurse, usually assigned for a shift.