battery

Bat·ter·y

also Bat·ter·y Park  (băt′ə-rē)

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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bat·ter·y

 (băt′ə-rē)

n. pl. bat·ter·ies

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

2.

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.

3.

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.

4.

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.

5. Baseball A pitcher and catcher considered as a unit.

6. Music The percussion section of an orchestra.

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[Middle English batri, forged metal ware, from Old French baterie, a beating, from batre, to batter; see batter¹.]

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battery

(ˈbætərɪ)

n, pl -teries

1. (Electronics)

a. two or more primary cells connected together, usually in series, to provide a source of electric current

b. short for dry battery

2. (General Physics) another name for accumulator¹

3. a number of similar things occurring together: a battery of questions.

4. (Law) criminal law unlawful beating or wounding of a person or mere touching in a hostile or offensive manner. See also assault and battery

5. (Fortifications) a fortified structure on which artillery is mounted

6. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a group of guns, missile launchers, searchlights, or torpedo tubes of similar type or size operated as a single entity

7. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a small tactical unit of artillery usually consisting of two or more troops, each of two, three, or four guns

8. (Breeds) chiefly

a. a large group of cages for intensive rearing of poultry

b. (as modifier): battery hens.

9. (Psychology) psychol a series of tests

10. (Chess & Draughts) chess two pieces of the same colour placed so that moving one can unmask an attack by the other

11. (Classical Music) the percussion section in an orchestra

12. (Baseball) baseball the pitcher and the catcher considered together

[C16: from Old French batterie beating, from battre to beat, from Latin battuere]

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bat•ter•y

(ˈbæt ə ri)

n., pl. -ter•ies.

1.

a. a combination of two or more cells connected to produce electric energy.

b. cell (def. 5).

2.

a. two or more pieces of artillery used for combined action.

b. a tactical unit of artillery, usu. comprising six guns and the personnel and equipment to operate them.

3.

a. (on a warship) a group of guns having the same caliber or used for the same purpose.

b. the whole armament of a warship.

4. any group or series of similar or related things, esp. things used for a common purpose: a battery of tests.

5. Law. an unlawful attack upon another person, esp. by beating or wounding.

6. a baseball pitcher and catcher considered as a unit.

7. the act of beating or battering.

8. an instrument used in battering.

[1525–35; < Middle French batterie, derivative of battre to beat]

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battery

Electrons flow from the zinc casing through the light bulb to the carbon rod, making the bulb glow. The zinc casing acts as a negative electrode, and the carbon rod acts as a positive electrode.

bat·ter·y

(băt′ə-rē)

A device containing an electric cell or a series of electric cells that supplies a direct current by converting chemical, thermal, nuclear, or solar energy into electric energy. Common household batteries, such as those used in a flashlight, are usually made of dry cells (the chemicals producing the current are made into a paste). In other batteries, such as car batteries, these chemicals are in liquid form.

Did You Know? Where do batteries get the power to make things work? From chemical reactions that go on inside them. The substances inside a battery are arranged in such a way that when they react with each other they pull electrons away from the battery's positive terminal and push them toward the negative terminal. If the battery is not connected to anything, the reaction doesn't go on very long; the electrons gathered at the negative terminal repel any additional ones that further reactions would carry there. But if you connect the two terminals with a wire, electrons will flow along the wire from negative to positive. On the way, they give up some of their energy to power whatever device you've connected—a light bulb or CD player, for instance. Eventually, the chemical reactions inside the battery change the nature of the positive and negative terminals and of the chemicals between them, making them unable to generate power. In rechargeable batteries, you can restore the power-generating capacity of the terminals and the chemicals by running electrical current through the battery backwards.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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 Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

battery

an intentional act that, directly or indirectly, causes harmful contact with another’s person.

See also: Law

-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Battery

 a number of similar machines or devices arranged in a group; a succession of blows or drum beats; a number of hens housed together to encourage the laying of eggs. See also bank, bench.

Examples: battery of boilers; condensers; of drum beats; of dynamos; of electric lights; of guns [gun emplacement]; of hens, 1879; of kitchen untensils, 1819; of prisms or lens; of Leyden jars; of lights; of looks, 1823; of three mortars, 1688; searchlight battery.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	battery - group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" artillery unit, artillery - an army unit that uses big guns
	2.	battery - a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series electric battery A battery - the battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube B battery - battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube C battery - battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricity electrode - a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit terminal, pole - a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves galvanic battery, voltaic battery - battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel galvanic pile, voltaic pile, pile - battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
	3.	battery - a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests" sub-test - one of a battery of related tests artillery, heavy weapon, ordnance, gun - large but transportable armament aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
	4.	battery - a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher baseball team - a team that plays baseball team, squad - a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
	5.	battery - a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores stamp battery pestle, stamp - machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores stamp mill, stamping mill - a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps
	6.	battery - 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" barrage fire, shelling, barrage, bombardment firing, fire - the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
	7.	battery - an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact assault and battery assault - a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped resisting arrest - physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest

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battery

noun

1. power unit The shavers come complete with batteries.

2. artillery, ordnance, gunnery, gun emplacement, cannonry They stopped beside a battery of abandoned guns.

3. range, lot, collection, variety, selection, array, assortment, gamut Crack is part of a battery of drugs used by addicts.

4. series, set, course, chain, string, sequence, suite, succession We give a battery of tests to each patient.

5. (Criminal law) beating, attack, assault, aggression, thumping, onslaught, physical violence He has served three years for assault and battery.

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Translations

أقْفاص الدَّجاج البائِضبَطَّارِيَّةحاشِدةٌ كَهْرَبائِيّه: بَطاريّهسَرِيّ' مَدْفَعِيَّهوابِلٌ من الأسئِلَه

bateriebaterkafyzické napadeníposadařada

batteriburrækkelang række

BatterieKörperverletzungLegebatterieReihe

μπαταρία

pilabateríacriaderogolpeslesiones

باتری

akkupahoinpitely

batteriepileaccumulateur

baterija

akkumulátorbaromfitelepelemtüzérségi üteg

hænsnabúrrafgeymirröî, samstæîastórskotaliîsfylki

batteriapilavie di fattopercosseaccumulatore

電池

전지

baterijanarvelynasserija

akumulatorsbaterijasērijavirkne

batterij

batterihønsebur i rekkelang rekkeserie

bateria

bateria

батарея

batériadelostrelecká batérialiaheň

baterijaakumulator

batteri

แบตเตอรี่

piluzun diziakübataryakafes kümesi

pin

电池一套一系列一连串层架式鸡笼

battery

[ˈbætərɪ]

A. N

1. (Elec) (dry) → pila f; (wet) → batería f

2. (Mil) → batería f

3. (= series) [of tests] → serie f; [of lights] → batería f, equipo m; [of questions] → descarga f, sarta f

4. (Agr) → batería f

5. (Jur) → violencia f, agresión f

B. CPD battery charger N (Elec) → cargador m de baterías
battery farm N (Brit) → granja f (avícola) de cría intensiva
battery farming N (Brit) → cría f (avícola) intensiva
battery fire N (Mil) → fuego m de batería
battery hen N (Brit) → gallina f de criadero
battery set N (Rad) → radio f de pilas, transistor m

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battery

[ˈbætəri] n

(electrical) [torch, electrical appliance] → pile f; [car] → batterie f

(= array) → batterie f
a battery of tests → une batterie de testsbattery charger n (for car battery) → chargeur m de batterie; (for appliance battery) → chargeur m de pilesbattery farm n → élevage m en batteriebattery farming n → élevage m en batteriebattery hen n → poulet m de batteriebattery-operated [ˌbætəriˈɒpəreɪtɪd] battery-powered [ˌbætəriˈpaʊɛ ^rd] adj → à piles, à pile

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

battery

n (all senses) → Batterie f; (fig, of arguments etc) → Reihe f ? assault

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battery

:

battery acid

n → Batteriesäure f

battery charger

n → Ladegerät nt

battery compartment

n → Batteriefach nt

battery farm

n → Legebatterie f

battery farming

n → Massentierhaltung; (of chickens) → Legebatterien pl

battery fire

n (Mil) → Geschützfeuer nt

battery hen

n (Agr) → Batteriehuhn nt

battery meter

n (Comput etc) → Energieanzeige f

battery-powered

adj → batteriebetrieben

battery set

n (= radio) → Batteriegerät nt

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battery

[ˈbætərɪ] n (Elec) → pila (Aut, Mil) → batteria; (large number, of lights, tests) → batteria; (of questions) → pioggia, raffica

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

battery

(ˈbӕtəri) – plural ˈbatteries – noun

1. a series of two or more electric cells arranged to produce, or store, a current. a torch battery. battery حاشِدةٌ كَهْرَبائِيّه: بَطاريّه батерия bateria baterie die Batterie batteri μπαταρίαpila, batería patarei باتری paristo pileסוללה, מצבר बैटरी baterija elem, akku, telep baterai, deretan rafgeymir/-hlaða pila, batteria 電池 전지 baterija, akumuliatorius baterija; akumulators batery batterijbatteribateria, akumulator برقى بيترۍ bateria baterie аккумулятор batéria baterija, akumulator baterija batteri แบตเตอรี่ pil, akü 電池 батарея; акумулятор پیٹری سیل pin; ắc quy 电池

2. an arrangement of cages in which laying hens etc are kept. lêbattery أقْفاص الدَّجاج البائِض кокошарник aviário posada die Batterie burrække ορνιθοτροφείο criadero puurikanala مرغداری häkkirivi batterieלול मुर्गीखाना का श्रंखला kokošinjac za nesilice baromfitelep deretan sangkar hænsnabúr/-stíur batteria, allevamento 養鶏場 (양계장의) 줄지어 있는 닭장 narvelynas baterija sangkar batterij bur i rekke til høns/fjærkre bateria د چرگانو روزل aviário cuşcă клеточная батарея liaheň kokošnjaki inkubator za kokoške nätburar กรงเป็นแถวสำหรับเลี้ยงไก่ kafes kümesi (飼養蛋雞用的)格子籠 кліткова батарея پنجروں کا سلسلہ dãy chuồng nuôi gà 层架式鸡笼

3. a group of large guns (and the people manning them). battery سَرِيّ' مَدْفَعِيَّه батарея bateria vojenská baterie die Batterie batteri πυροβολαρχία batería patarei آتشبار؛ توپخانه patteristo batterie סוֹלֵלַת תוֹתָחִים baterija (tüzérségi) üteg deretan meriam stórskotaliðsfylki batteria 砲列 포대 baterija sērija; virkne pasukan meriam batterijbatteribateria د توپخانې يونټ، د توپ د نصبيدوځاى bateria baterie батарея delostrelecká batéria (topniška) baterija baterija batteri กลุ่มอาวุธปืนใหญ่ batarya 砲組，砲兵連 батарея فوجوں توپوں اور توپچیوں کا گروہ khẩu đội pháo 炮组

4. a long series. a battery of questions. reeks وابِلٌ من الأسئِلَه канонада série řada die Reihe lang række; batteri καταιγισμόςretahíla laviin سری؛ سلسله sarja pluieסוללה niz sorozat rangkaian panjang röð, samstæða 連続 일련 serija sērija; virkne rentetan batterijlang rekke, seriebateria, seria لړي chuva ploaie (de) серия rad niz, plaz dugi niz batteri, serie กลุ่มยาว uzun dizi 一連串 ряд ایک لمبا سلسلہ một chuỗi... 一连串，一系列，一套

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battery

→ بَطَّارِيَّة baterie batteri Batterie μπαταρία pila akku batterie baterija batteria 電池 전지 batterij batteri bateria bateria батарея batteri แบตเตอรี่ pil pin 电池

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• The battery is dead (US)
  The battery is flat (UK) → االبَطَّاريَّةُ فارِغَةٌ → Mám vybitou autobaterii → Batteriet er dødt → Die Batterie ist leer → Έπεσε η μπαταρία → Me he quedado sin batería → Akku on tyhjä → La batterie est morte → Akumulator je prazan → La batteria è scarica → バッテリーが上がってしまいました → 배터리가 다 됐어요 → De accu is leeg → Batteriet er flatt → Wyładował się akumulator → A bateria acabou → Разрядился аккумулятор → Batteriet är urladdat → แบตหมด → Akü bitti → Ắc quy bị hết → 电瓶没电了
• I need a new battery → أَنا مُحْتاجٌ لبَطَّاريَّةٍ جَديدةٍ → Potřebuji novou autobaterii → Jeg skal bruge et nyt batteri → Ich brauche eine neue Batterie → Χρειάζομαι καινούργια μπαταρία → Necesito una batería nueva → Tarvitsen uuden akun → Il me faut une nouvelle batterie → Treba mi novi akumulator → Ho bisogno di una nuova batteria → 私は新しいバッテリーが必要です → 새 배터리가 필요해요 → Ik heb een nieuwe accu nodig → Jeg trenger et nytt batteri → Potrzebuję nowy akumulator → Eu preciso de uma nova bateria → Мне нужен новый аккумулятор → Jag behöver ett nytt batteri → ฉันอยากได้แบตเตอรี่ใหม่ → Yeni bir akü gerekiyor → Tôi cần ắc quy mới → 我需要一个新电瓶

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