battery
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battery¹
- /ˈbæt.(ə)ɹi/ UK
- /ˈbæt͡ʃɹi/ UK
- /ˈbæt.əɹi/ US
- [ˈbæɾə.ɹi] US
- /ˈbaʈ.(ə)ri/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ætəɹi, -ætɹi
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French batterie, from Old French baterie (“action of beating”), from batre (“beat”), from Latin battuō (“beat”), from Gaulish. Doublet of batterie. By surface analysis, batter + -y.
The electrical sense was coined by American polymath Benjamin Franklin by analogy with a military battery that his series of Leyden jars resembled.
noun batteries
- A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells. alkaline battery
- Such a device that has multiple cells. Her phone needs a new battery because its present battery no longer holds a charge well.
- The energy stored in such a device. Her phone did not have enough battery for another phone call.
- The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence. Holonym: assault and battery
- A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns. Outside the ancient fort, you can still see worn areas in the stone where the batteries were once placed.
- Such a group of a certain size (number of guns and artillerists), within a schema of military unit organization. They sent four batteries southward in an attempt to shore up the defenses around the depot.
- An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed. The construction of advanced batteries mirrored that of those built along the line of circumvallation. [...] Although Mahan demanded that batteries be constructed to exacting dimensions and revetted with gabions, fascines, and sandbags, at Vicksburg the resources at hand determined what materials so
- An array of similar things. Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.
- A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs. ‘Do you know how battery chickens live?’
- The catcher and the pitcher together
- Two or more pieces working together on the same rank, file, or diagonal
- A marching percussion ensemble; the section of the drumline that marches on the field during a performance.
- A group of barracuda.
- The state of a firearm or cannon when it is possible to be fired. in battery
- Apparatus for preparing or serving meals.
Battery²
Where it comes from
Named for a coastal artillery battery that once stood there.
proper noun the Battery
- A park in Manhattan, New York City.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bombardment, stamp battery, barrage, shelling, assault, barrage fire, electric battery, alternator, battery-powered, charging, range, fortress, pier, arsenal, package, toolbox
Translations
Every language
noun device storing electricity
| Español | pila, batería |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 전지 jeonji, 배터리 baeteori |
| 日本語 | 電池 denchi, バッテリー batterī |
| 中文 | 電池 /电池 diànchí |
| हिन्दी | विद्युत कोष vidyut koṣ, बैटरी baiṭrī, सेल sel |
| Kiswahili | betri |
| Português | pilha, bateria |
| Français | pile, batterie |
| Deutsch | Batterie, Akku |
| Italiano | pila, batteria |
| Ελληνικά | μπαταρία bataría |
| Română | baterie, pilă electrică |
| Русский | батаре́я bataréja, батаре́йка bataréjka, аккумуля́тор akkumuljátor |
| Tiếng Việt | pin, bình điện |
| العربية | بَطَّارِيَّة baṭṭāriyya |
| עברית | סוֹלְלָה solelá, בָּטֶרִיָּה bateríya |
noun coordinated group of artillery
| Español | batería |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 砲兵連 /炮兵连 pàobīng lián, 砲兵營 /炮兵营 pàobīng yíng |
| Português | bateria |
| Français | batterie |
| Deutsch | (Artillerie) Batterie |
| Italiano | batteria |
| Ελληνικά | πυροβολαρχία pyrovolarchía |
| Română | baterie |
| Русский | батаре́я bataréja |
| Tiếng Việt | khẩu đội pháo |
| עברית | גֻּנְדָה gundá, סוֹלְלָה solelá |
noun legal: act of unlawful violence
| Español | lesiones, golpes, agresión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 구타 guta |
| 日本語 | 殴打 ōda |
| 中文 | 毆打 /殴打 ōudǎ, 蓄意傷害 /蓄意伤害 xùyì shānghài |
| हिन्दी | आक्रमण ākramaṇ |
| Português | lesão corporal |
| Français | coups et blessures |
| Deutsch | Körperverletzung, tätlicher Angriff |
| Italiano | percosse |
| Русский | побо́и pobói, избие́ние izbijénije, оскорбле́ние де́йствием oskorblénije déjstvijem |
| Tiếng Việt | ẩu đả |
| العربية | ضَرْب ḍarb, اِعْتِدَاء iʕtidāʔ |
| עברית | הַכָּאָה haka'á |
noun historical: elevated platform for cannon
| עברית | סוֹלְלָה solelá |
|---|
noun array of similar things
| Español | batería |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 一群 yī qún, 一組 /一组, 一組 /一组 yī zǔ, 一系列 yī xìliè |
| Português | série |
| Français | batterie |
| Italiano | batteria, serie |
| Tiếng Việt | bộ dụng cụ |
| עברית | סִדְרָה sidra |
noun set of cages for hens
| 中文 | 雞籠 /鸡笼 jīlóng, 籠 /笼 lóng |
|---|---|
| Français | batterie |
| Deutsch | Legebatterie |
| עברית | סוֹלְלָה solelá |
noun chess: two or more major pieces in a row
| Русский | батаре́я bataréja |
|---|
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