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1. (n.) battery
a combination of two or more cells connected to produce electric energy.
2. battery
two or more pieces of artillery used for combined action.
3. battery
a tactical unit of artillery, usu. comprising six guns and the personnel and equipment to operate them.
4. battery
(on a warship) a group of guns having the same caliber or used for the same purpose.
5. battery
the whole armament of a warship.
6. battery
any group or series of similar or related things, esp. things used for a common purpose:
a battery of tests.
7. battery
Law. an unlawful attack upon another person, esp. by beating or wounding.
8. battery
a baseball pitcher and catcher considered as a unit.
9. battery
the act of beating or battering.
10. battery
an instrument used in battering.
Etymology: (1525–35; < MF batterie, der. of battre to beat)
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| Definition of 'battery' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) battery
group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
2. (noun) battery, electric battery
a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
3. (noun) battery
a collection of related things intended for use together
"took a battery of achievement tests"
4. (noun) battery
a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher
5. (noun) battery, stamp battery
a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
6. (noun) barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling
the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
"they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
7. (noun) battery, assault and battery
an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
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1. (noun) battery
a device that provides electrical power
the car battery; The camera needs new batteries.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) battery
the act of battering or beating
2. (verb) battery
the unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him
3. (verb) battery
any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense
4. (verb) battery
two or more pieces of artillery in the field
5. (verb) battery
a company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns
6. (verb) battery
a number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously
7. (verb) battery
an apparatus for generating voltaic electricity
8. (verb) battery
a number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc
9. (verb) battery
a series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals
10. (verb) battery
the box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down
11. (verb) battery
the pitcher and catcher together
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. battery
A combination of parts or elements for the production of electrical action. The term is principally applied to voltaic batteries, but there are also magnetic batteries, batteries of Leyden jars, and other combinations, described in their places, which come under this category.
[Transcriber's note: A group of similar items such as questions, machines, parts, guns, or electric cells.]
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. battery
1. Tactical and administrative artillery unit or subunit corresponding to a company or similar unit in other branches of the Army. 2. All guns, torpedo tubes, searchlights, or missile launchers of the same size or caliber or used for the same purpose, either installed in one ship or otherwise operating as an entity.
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Sense: a series of two or more electric cells arranged to produce, or store, a current
a torch battery.
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 Afrikaans: battery |
 Arabic: حاشِدةٌ كَهْرَبائِيّه: بَ |
 Bulgarian: батерия |
 Brazilian: bateria |
 Czech: baterie |
 German: die Batterie |
 Danish: batteri |
 Greek: μπαταρία |
 Spanish: pila, batería |
 Estonian: patarei |
 Farsi: باتری |
 Finnish: paristo |
 French: pile(s) |
 Hebrew: סוֹלֵלָה, מַצְבֵּר |
 Hindi: बैटरी |
 Croatian: baterija |
 Hungarian: elem, akku, telep |
 Indonesian: baterai, deretan |
 Icelandic: rafgeymir/-hlaða |
 Italian: pila, batteria |
 Japanese: 電池 |
 Korean: 전지 |
 Lithuanian: baterija, akumuliatorius |
 Latvian: baterija; akumulators |
 Malay: batery |
 Dutch: batterij |
 Norwegian: batteri |
 Polish: bateria, akumulator |
 Persian: باتری |
 Pashto: برقى بيترۍ |
 Portuguese: bateria |
 Romanian: baterie |
 Russian: аккумулятор |
 Slovak: batéria |
 Slovenian: baterija, akumulator |
 Serbian: baterija |
 Swedish: batteri |
 Thai: แบตเตอรี่ |
 Turkish: pil, akü |
 Taiwanese: 電池 |
 Ukrainian: батарея; акумулятор |
 Urdu: پیٹری سیل |
 Vietnamese: pin;ắc quy |
 Chinese: 电池 |
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