battery
IPA: bˈætɝi
noun
- (countable, electronics) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells. A single such cell when used by itself.
- (law) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which includes the threat of impending violence.
- (countable) A coordinated group of artillery weapons.
- (historical, archaic) An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed.
- An array of similar things.
- A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
- (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together
- (chess) Two or more pieces working together on the same rank, file, or diagonal
- (music) A marching percussion ensemble; a drumline.
- The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired.
- (archaic) Apparatus for preparing or serving meals.
- A park in Manhattan, New York City.
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Examples of "battery" in Sentences
- The battery controlled the plain.
- The second device is not a galvanic battery.
- The Americans charged and captured the battery.
- The reconstruction of the battery was difficult.
- The metal felt fills the entire anode space of the battery.
- All of the reactant in a battery is contained in the cells.
- The switch is electrically connected to the battery and the motor.
- A battery is used for the supply of the required electric energy to the heater.
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