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That means it has to "see" voltage of the correct polarity from the battery it is connected to, before the charger power output is connected to the output terminals.
It's a common feature on better quality chargers.
(In the simplest form, it can be just a relay coil with a diode in series, across the output terminals, with the contacts connecting the charge circuit to the output terminals).
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