battery

Electrical batteries

Meaning

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.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Middle French batterie, from Old French baterie ("action of beating"), from batre, from Latin battuĊ ("beat"), from Gaulish. batterie.

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