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Battery

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Noun

1. battery

group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place

2. battery, electric battery

a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series

3. battery

a collection of related things intended for use together

Example Sentences:
'took a battery of achievement tests'

4. battery

a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher

5. battery, stamp battery

a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores

6. barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling

the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target

Example Sentences:
'they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops'
'the shelling went on for hours without pausing'

7. assault and battery, battery

an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Battery

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noun plural -teries
1. 
a. 
two or more primary cells connected together, usually in series, to provide a source of electric current
b.  short for dry battery
2.  another name for accumulator (sense 1)
3. 
a number of similar things occurring together
a battery of questions
4. criminal law
unlawful beating or wounding of a person or mere touching in a hostile or offensive manner
See also assault and battery
5. 
a fortified structure on which artillery is mounted
6. 
a group of guns, missile launchers, searchlights, or torpedo tubes of similar type or size operated as a single entity
7. 
a small tactical unit of artillery usually consisting of two or more troops, each of two, three, or four guns
8. mainly British
a. 
a large group of cages for intensive rearing of poultry
b. 
(as modifier)
battery hens
9. psychology
a series of tests
10. chess
two pieces of the same colour placed so that moving one can unmask an attack by the other
11. 
the percussion section in an orchestra
12. baseball
the pitcher and the catcher considered together

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Battery

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nounWord forms: plural ˈbatteries
1. 
the act of battering, beating, or pounding
2. 
machinery used in battering
3. 
a group of similar things arranged, connected, or used together; set or series; array
a battery of microphones, a battery of school achievement tests
4.  Chiefly British
a series of cages or other restrictive compartments used as to confine hens for intensive laying
often used attributively
5.  US, Baseball
the pitcher and the catcher
6.  Electricity
a. 
a connected group of electrochemical cells that store electric charges and generate direct current
b. 
a single cell of this type
c. 
a similar nuclear, solar, or thermal device that stores and generates electrical energy
7.  Law
any illegal beating or touching of another person, either directly or with an object
see also assault and battery
8.  Military
a. 
an emplacement for heavy guns or a fortification equipped with such guns
b. 
a set of heavy guns, rockets, etc.
c. 
the personnel who operate such guns: usually the basic unit of artillery, corresponding to an infantry company
9.  Us Navy
a group of guns of the same caliber or used for the same purpose on a warship
an antiaircraft battery
10.  Music
the percussion instruments of an orchestra

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Battery

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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.
n. pl. bat·ter·ies
1.
a. 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.
b. A device that stores mechanical or other energy for later use.
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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