Battery

Word BATTERY
Character 7
Hyphenation bat ter y
Pronunciations /ˈbætəɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Battery"

What do we mean by battery?

A device containing an electric cell or a series of electric cells storing chemical energy that can be converted into electrical power, usually in the form of direct current. noun

The act of beating or pounding. noun

The unlawful and unwanted touching or striking of one person by another, with the intention of bringing about a harmful or offensive contact. noun

An emplacement for one or more pieces of artillery. noun

A set of guns or other heavy artillery, as on a warship. noun

An army artillery unit, corresponding to a company in the infantry. noun

An array of similar things intended for use together. noun

An impressive body or group. noun

A pitcher and catcher considered as a unit. noun

The percussion section of an orchestra. noun

In lumbering, two or more donkey-engines for dragging logs, set at intervals on along skid-road. noun

In indigo-manuf., a series of vats which are conducted as a unit. They may be either steeping-vats or beating-vats. See vat. noun

A set of stamps in a stamp-mill, comprising the number which fall in one mortar. noun

In cœlenterates, a group of stinging-cells. noun

A shield or shelter designed to hide the shooters in a grouse-drive; a butt used on English and Scotch moors. They are usually formed of blocks of peat or turf, cut with a spade and built up in the form of a wall, circular, horseshoe, or semicircular in shape. noun

In harpsichord music, an effect produced by striking a chord in quick repetition for greater sonority. It was indicated by prefixing a vertical curve to the notes of the chord. noun

The act of battering; attack or assault, with the view of beating down, as by a battering-ram or by ordnance. noun

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.

The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which includes the threat of impending violence.

A coordinated group of artillery weapons.

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.

The catcher and the pitcher together

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

A marching percussion ensemble; a drumline.

The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired.

Apparatus for preparing or serving meals.

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The word "battery" in example sentences

In the arrangement of Figs. 11 and 12 the battery has no metallic connection with the line, so that it is called a _local battery_. ❋ George Patterson (1910)

If BNP IS met i will throw in a d60 battery grip+ one 3rd party battery+ Lowre 180 ex bag ❋ Fieryglazer (2009)

[U3] der engineer Don Jaime, employed in continuing the communication to the gallows battery, and fix hundred on that battery, and ftrengthening the ground of the mortar battery* ❋ Unknown (1781)

this also means that the 9-volt is the only battery in the grocery stores that is actually a *battery*, i.e. a plurality of separate cells working together, rather than a single cell. you can make a lot of friends in the world by saying, "i don't like to be pedantic, but that AA really isn't a battery, you know; just a cell." ❋ Unknown (2010)

The term battery is frequently applied to a single voltaic cell, but this term is more properly used to designate a plurality of cells joined together in series, or in multiple, or in series multiple so as to combine their actions in causing current to flow through an external circuit. ❋ George Patterson (1910)

It has, however, become common, though technically improper, to refer to a single cell as a battery, so that the term battery, as indicating necessarily more than one cell, has largely lost its significance. ❋ George Patterson (1910)

Sunday, March 29 2009 yeah the app must be open all the times. the battery is a drain. wait and see how it sucks up power. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And it may not be just for vehicles - the battery is also being tested for use in wind and solar applications. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Even when the battery is at 100% - it still says “charging”. ❋ Reudaly (2006)

Power for charging the battery is another problem. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Therefore, the battery is the only component on your system that has a special one year warranty. ❋ Unknown (2005)

But landlocked Laos is banking on hydropower, one of its few major resources, to become what it calls the "battery of Asia" and to lift it from the ranks of the world's poorest nations. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Over jewel-colored cocktails and raucous laughter, Sandy, 68, brags to her friends about her vibrator, which she describes as her battery-powered boyfriend, ❋ By ALESSANDRA STANLEY (2010)

The Universities, working in collaboration with LG Chem, a Korean company that makes lithium-ion batteries, (Supplier to the Chevy Volt) find the new battery electrodes, described online in the journal Nano Letters, can store much more energy than conventional electrodes because they absorb much more lithium when the battery is charged. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These systems have typically offered much better graphic performance, but at some penalty in battery life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm hoping the battery is just dead and that a quick charge will solve everything. ❋ Sam (2009)

He was just the equivalent of a plugged-in human battery from the Matrix who was transformed into an agent for that brief period of time it took to get the book written. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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