Definitions for battery
ˈbæt ə ribat·te·ry

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. batterynoun

   group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place

2. battery, electric batterynoun

   a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series

3. batterynoun

   a collection of related things intended for use together

   "took a battery of achievement tests"

4. batterynoun

   a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher

5. battery, stamp batterynoun

   a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores

6. barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shellingnoun

   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. battery, assault and batterynoun

   an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. batterynoun

   A device that produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances.

2. batterynoun

   The crime or tort of intentionally striking another person.

3. batterynoun

   A coordinated group of artillery.

4. batterynoun

   An array of similar things.

   Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.

5. batterynoun

   A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.

6. batterynoun

   The catcher and the pitcher together

7. batterynoun

   Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal

8. Etymology: From batterie, from baterie, from batre, from battuo.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Batterynoun

   Etymology: from batter, or batterie, Fr.

   1. The act of battering.

   Strong wars they make, and cruel battery bend,
   ’Gainst fort of reason, it to overthrow. Fairy Queen, b. ii.

   Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries. John Locke.

   2. The instruments with which a town is battered, placed in order for action.

   Where is best place to make our batt’ry next? ————
   ———— I think at the north gate. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   It plants this reasoning and that argument, this consequence and that distinction, like so many intellectual batteries, till at length it forces a way and passage into the obstinate inclosed truth. South.

   See, and revere th’ artillery of heav’n,
   Drawn by the gale, or by the tempest driv’n:
   A dreadful fire the stoating batt’ries make,
   O’erturn the mountain, and the forest shake. Richard Blackmore.

   3. The frame, or raised work, upon which cannons are mounted.4.In law, a violent striking of any man. In trespass for assault and battery, one may be found guilty of the assault, yet acquitted of the battery. There may therefore be assault without battery; but battery always implies an assault. Ephraim Chambers

   Why does he suffer this rude knave now to knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel, and will not tell him of his action and battery? William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   Sir, quo’ the lawyer, not to flatter ye,
   You have as good and fair a battery,
   As heart can wish, and need not shame
   The proudest man alive to claim. Hudibras, p. iii. c. iii.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Batteryverb

   the act of battering or beating

2. Batteryverb

   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. Batteryverb

   any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense

4. Batteryverb

   two or more pieces of artillery in the field

5. Batteryverb

   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. Batteryverb

   a number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously

7. Batteryverb

   an apparatus for generating voltaic electricity

8. Batteryverb

   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. Batteryverb

   a series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals

10. Batteryverb

    the box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down

11. Batteryverb

    the pitcher and catcher together

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Battery

   In electricity, a battery is a device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Since the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta and especially since the technically improved Daniell cell in 1836, batteries have become a common power source for many household and industrial applications. According to a 2005 estimate, the worldwide battery industry generates US$48 billion in sales each year, with 6% annual growth. There are two types of batteries: primary batteries, which are designed to be used once and discarded, and secondary batteries, which are designed to be recharged and used multiple times. Batteries come in many sizes, from miniature cells used to power hearing aids and wristwatches to battery banks the size of rooms that provide standby power for telephone exchanges and computer data centers.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Battery

   bat′ėr-i, n. (Shak.) a wound: a number of cannon with their equipment: the place on which cannon are mounted: the men and horses attending one battery, constituting the unit in the artillery: an instrument used in electric and galvanic experiments: (law) an assault by beating or wounding: apparatus for preparing or serving meals.—Cross batteries, two batteries commanding the same spot from different directions; Floating battery (see Float); Masked battery, a battery in action out of the enemy's view; To change one's battery, to alter the direction of attacking.

The Standard Electrical Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. battery

   A place whereon cannon, mortars, &c., are or may be mounted for action. It generally has a parapet for the protection of the gunners, and other defences and conveniences according to its importance and objects. (See also FLOATING BATTERY.) Also, a company of artillery. In field-artillery it includes men, guns (usually six in the British service), horses, carriages, &c., complete for service.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. battery

   A battery consists of two or more pieces of artillery in the field. The term battery also implies the implacement of ordnance destined to act offensively or defensively. It also refers to the company charged with a certain number of pieces of ordnance. The ordnance constitutes the battery; men serve it; horses drag it, and epaulments may shelter it.

2. battery

   See Ordnance, Carriages for.

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Matched Categories

1. • Artillery Unit
   • Assault
   • Collection
   • Electrical Device
   • Fire
   • Military
   • Stamp Mill
   • Team

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'battery' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2932

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'battery' in Nouns Frequency: #1804

How to pronounce battery?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of battery in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of battery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of battery in a Sentence

1. John Heiser:

   His battery was under fire for an hour and a half.

2. Jiren Parikh:

   It's a battery-operated computer that moves around on four legs that literally stops operating in four hours. There's no way they're going to be taking over anything.

3. Thomas Weber:

   We need more than only one battery factory.

4. Greg Hunt:

   This will be investing in storage, in new battery technology, in smart grids, in some of the exciting solar visions that people have hoped for and imagined for Australia but which are only now really becoming reality.

5. Richard Branson:

   Every team next year will be working hard to beat each other and all that manpower, finance and energy will produce breakthroughs and make a big difference to normal battery-driven cars.

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