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The definition of a battery is a man-made power cell used to generate electrical energy.
Facts About Batteries
- The battery can be traced back to the nineteenth century, with the invention of the first Voltaic pile by Alessandro Volta.
- A battery will leak when the battery gets too hot, expanding the paste inside the battery, which forces the chemicals in the battery to leak out of the seals of the battery.
- Batteries may also leak if you mix the two types of batteries - standard batteries and alkaline batteries.
An example of a battery is the large, square, power unit housed near the engine of modern cars.
A battery is defined as a group of military artillery such as heavy guns or rockets.
(noun)An example of a battery is a collection of cannons attacking the same target.
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See battery in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. batteries
- the act of battering, beating, or pounding
- machinery used in battering
- a group of similar things arranged, connected, or used together; set or series; array: a battery of microphones, a battery of school achievement tests
- Chiefly Brit. a series of cages or other restrictive compartments used as to confine hens for intensive laying: often used attributively
- ☆ Baseball the pitcher and the catcher
- Elec.
- a connected group of electrochemical cells that store electric charges and generate direct current
- a single cell of this type
- a similar nuclear, solar, or thermal device that stores and generates electrical energy
- Law any illegal beating or touching of another person, either directly or with an object
- Mil.
- an emplacement for heavy guns or a fortification equipped with such guns
- a set of heavy guns, rockets, etc.
- the personnel who operate such guns: usually the basic unit of artillery, corresponding to an infantry company
- U.S. Navy a group of guns of the same caliber or used for the same purpose on a warship: an antiaircraft battery
- Music the percussion instruments of an orchestra
Origin: Fr batterie < OFr battre: see batter
See battery in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. bat·ter·ies
- a. The act of beating or pounding.b. Law The unlawful and unwanted touching or striking of one person by another, with the intention of bringing about a harmful or offensive contact.
- a. An emplacement for one or more pieces of artillery.b. A set of guns or other heavy artillery, as on a warship.c. An army artillery unit, corresponding to a company in the infantry.
- a. An array of similar things intended for use together: took a battery of achievement tests.b. An impressive body or group: a battery of political supporters.
- Baseball The pitcher and catcher.
- Music The percussion section of an orchestra.
- Electricity a. Two or more connected cells that produce a direct current by converting chemical energy to electrical energy.b. A single cell, such as a dry cell, that produces an electric current.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English batri, forged metal ware
Origin: , from Old French baterie, a beating
Origin: , from batre, to batter; see batter1
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A park at the southern tip of Manhattan Island at the upper end of New York Bay in southeast New York. It is the site of early Dutch and English fortifications and of Castle Clinton, built in 1808 for the defense of the harbor.
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