Bat·ter·y (b t  -r ) also Battery Park 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. |
| bat·ter·y (bt-r) n. pl. bat·ter·ies 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Baseball The pitcher and catcher. 5. Music The percussion section of an orchestra. 6. 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. [Middle English batri, forged metal ware, from Old French baterie, a beating, from batre, to batter; see batter1.] |
battery
Noun
pl -teries
1. two or more primary cells connected to provide a source of electric current
2. a number of similar things occurring together: a battery of questions
3. Criminal law unlawful beating or wounding of a person
4. Chiefly Brit a series of cages for intensive rearing of poultry
5. a fortified structure on which artillery is mounted
Adjective
kept in a series of cages for intensive rearing: battery hens [Latin battuere to beat]
| battery (bt-r) A device containing an electric cell or a series of electric cells storing energy that can be converted into electrical power (usually in the form of direct current). 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. A Closer Look A battery stores chemical energy, which it converts to electrical energy. A typical battery, such as a car battery, is composed of an arrangement of galvanic cells. Each cell contains two metal electrodes, separate from each other, immersed within an electrolyte containing both positive and negative ions. A chemical reaction between the electrodes and the electrolyte, similar to that found in electroplating, takes place, and the metals dissolve in the electrolyte, leaving electrons behind on the electrodes. However, the metals dissolve at different rates, so a greater number of electrons accumulate at one electrode (creating the negative electrode) than at the other electrode (which becomes the positive electrode). This gives rise to an electric potential between the electrodes, which are typically linked together in series and parallel to one another in order to provide the desired voltage at the battery terminals (12 volts, for example, for a car battery). The buildup of charge on the electrodes prevents the metals from dissolving further, but if the battery is hooked up to an electric circuit through which current may flow, electrons are drawn out of the negative electrodes and into the positive ones, reducing their charge and allowing further chemical reactions. |   Electrons flow from the zinc casing to the carbon rod, lighting the bulb in the process. The zinc casing acts as a negative electrode; the carbon rod acts as a positive electrode. The ammonium chloride paste acts as the electrolyte and the carbon and the manganese dioxide mixture around the carbon rod extends the battery's life. |
battery
an intentional act that, directly or indirectly, causes harmful contact with another’s person.
See also: LawBattery 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.
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.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 seriesA 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 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 | |
| 5. | battery - a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores 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" | |
| 7. | battery - an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact 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 |
battery
Translations
battery
n battery [ˈbӕtəri]
1 a series of two or more electric cells arranged to produce, or store, a current a torch battery. battery حاشِدةٌ كَهْرَبائِيّه: بَطاريّه батерия baterie batteri die Batterie μπαταρία pila, batería patarei باتری paristo pile(s) סוֹלֵלָה, מַצְבֵּר बैटरी baterija elem, akku, telep baterai, deretan rafgeymir/-hlaða pila, batteria 電池 배터리 baterija, akumuliatorius baterija; akumulators batery batterij batteri bateria, akumulator 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 posada burrække die Batterie ορνιθοτροφείο criadero puurikanala مرغداری ritilähäkit batterie לוּל मुर्गीखाना का श्रंखला kokošinjac za nesilice baromfitelep deretan sangkar hænsnabúr/-stíur batteria, allevamento 養鶏場 (줄지어 있는)닭장 narvelynas baterija sangkar batterij bur i rekke til høns/fjærkre bateria aviário cuşcă клеточная батарея liaheň kokošnjaki inkubator za kokoške nätburar กรงเป็นแถวสำหรับเลี้ยงไก่ kafes kümesi 孵蛋箱組 кліткова батарея پنجروں کا سلسلہ dãy chuồng nuôi gà 孵蛋箱组
3 a group of large guns (and the people manning them). battery سَرِيّ' مَدْفَعِيَّه батарея vojenská baterie batteri die Batterie πυροβολαρχία batería patarei آتشبار؛ توپخانه patteri batterie סוֹלֵלַת תוֹתָחִים baterija (tüzérségi) üteg deretan meriam stórskotaliðsfylki batteria 砲列 포대 baterija sērija; virkne pasukan meriam batterij batteri bateria bateria baterie (артиллерийская) батарея delostrelecká batéria (topniška) baterija baterija batteri กลุ่มอาวุธปืนใหญ่ batarya 砲組 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 řada lang række; batteri die Reihe καταιγισμός retahíla laviin سری؛ سلسله sarja pluie סוֹלֵלָה niz sorozat rangkaian panjang röð, samstæða 連続 일련 serija sērija; virkne rentetan batterij lang rekke, serie bateria, seria (pytań) 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
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