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Definitions for Battery

[1] Electricity . Also called galvanic battery, voltaic battery. a combination of two or more cell electrically connected to work together to produce electric energy. cell1(def 7a) .
[2] any large group or series of related things: a battery of questions.
[3] Military . two or more pieces of artillery used for combined action. a tactical unit of artillery, usually consisting of six guns together with the artillerymen, equipment, etc., required to operate them. a parapet or fortification equipped with artillery.
[4] a group or series of similar articles, machines, parts, etc.
[5] Baseball . the pitcher and catcher considered as a unit.
[6] Navy . (on a warship) a group of guns having the same caliber or used for the same purpose. the whole armament of a warship.
[7] Psychology . a series of tests yielding a single total score, used for measuring aptitude, intelligence, personality, etc.
[8] the act of beating or battering.
[9] Law . an unlawful attack upon another person by beating or wounding, or by touching in an offensive manner.
[10] an instrument used in battering.
[11] Also batterie. Music . the instruments comprising the percussion section of an orchestra.
[12] any imposing group of persons or things acting or directed in unison: a battery of experts.
[13] The, a park at the S end of Manhattan, in New York City.
[14] two or more primary cells connected together, usually in series, to provide a source of electric current short for dry battery
[15] another name for accumulator (def. 1)
[16] a number of similar things occurring together a battery of questions
[17] criminal law unlawful beating or wounding of a person or mere touching in a hostile or offensive manner See also assault and battery
[18] a fortified structure on which artillery is mounted
[19] a group of guns, missile launchers, searchlights, or torpedo tubes of similar type or size operated as a single entity
[20] a small tactical unit of artillery usually consisting of two or more troops, each of two, three or four guns
[21] mainly British a large group of cages for intensive rearing of poultry (as modifier ) battery hens
[22] psychol a series of tests
[23] chess two pieces of the same colour placed so that one can unmask an attack by the other by moving
[24] the percussion section in an orchestra
[25] baseball the pitcher and the catcher considered together

Words related to Battery

assault, artillery, body, set, group, chain, sequence, batch, bundle, clot, cluster, lot, suite, array, clump, ring, bunch, onslaught, violence, mayhem

Words nearby Battery

batterie, batterie de cuisine, battering, battering ram, battersea, battery, battery eliminator, battery jar, batticaloa, battik, batting

Origin of Battery

1525–35; < Middle French batterie, equivalent to batt(re ) to beat (see bate2) + -erie -ery

Words that may be confused with Battery

assault, battery

Word origin for Battery

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

Synonyms for Battery

array, batch, body, bunch, bundle, chain, clot, clump, cluster, group, lot, ring, sequence, set, suite