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battery
noun (batteries )
1 a device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy in the form of direct current, eg a car battery, or a dry battery used as a portable energy source in a torch, etc. See also dry cell, electrolytic cell.
2 a number of similar things kept, used, arranged or encountered together On the table lay a whole battery of surgical instruments .
3 a a long line of small tiered cages in which hens are kept, arranged so that the eggs they lay run down into wire containers outside the cages;
b a similar arrangement of compartments for the intensive rearing of any other animal.
4 law intentional physical attack on a person, including touching the clothes or body in a threatening manner, not necessarily involving damage. See also assault and battery.
5 a a group of heavy guns with their equipment;
b the place where they are mounted.
6 a unit of artillery or its personnel.
[16c: from French batterie , from battre to strike or beat]
noun (batteries )
1 a device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy in the form of direct current, eg a car battery, or a dry battery used as a portable energy source in a torch, etc. See also dry cell, electrolytic cell.
2 a number of similar things kept, used, arranged or encountered together On the table lay a whole battery of surgical instruments .
3 a a long line of small tiered cages in which hens are kept, arranged so that the eggs they lay run down into wire containers outside the cages;
b a similar arrangement of compartments for the intensive rearing of any other animal.
4 law intentional physical attack on a person, including touching the clothes or body in a threatening manner, not necessarily involving damage. See also assault and battery.
5 a a group of heavy guns with their equipment;
b the place where they are mounted.
6 a unit of artillery or its personnel.
[16c: from French batterie , from battre to strike or beat]
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