battery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: batteries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: alkaline battery
sodium-ion battery
lead-acid battery
His flashlight takes two AA batteries.
His car takes a 550-CCA lead-acid battery.
For GMRS [General Mobile Radio Service], rechargeable packs alone do not provide the flexibility that user replaceable batteries can. For instance, once the pack is discharged, it must be placed in the charger and recharged, which can take from one to several hours, leaving you unable to use your radio until the pack is recharged unless you have purchased an extra pack. Extra battery packs are bulky and pricey. With radios using replaceable AA and AAA batteries, you never have to worry about recharging or buying extra packs. You can carry charged replacement batteries in your pocket, purse, or bag, and in an emergency you can even go to a store and buy some alkaline batteries so you can be up and running again.
gloss: A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Her phone needs a new battery because its present battery no longer holds a charge well.
1749 Benjamin Franklin, letter to Peter Collinson
Upon this We made what we call’d an Electrical Battery, consisting of eleven Panes of large Sash Glass, arm’d with thin leaden Plates, pasted on each Side...
A Turky is to be killed for our Dinners by the Electrical Shock; and roasted by the electrical Jack, before a Fire kindled by the Electrified Bottle; when the Healths of all the Famous Electricians in England, France and Germany, are to be drank in Electrified Bumpers, under the Discharge of Guns from the Electrical Battery.
[For his experiments with electricity,] Benjamin Franklin utilized Leyden jars and referred to several jars hooked together as a battery (after a "battery" of cannon).
[The voltage of a single cell is] too low for most applications [... so] a series of cells will be used to obtain the desired voltage – a "battery" of cells, in the strictest sense of the term.
gloss: The energy stored in such a device.
pos: noun
tags: informal
metonymically
uncountable
examples: Her phone did not have enough battery for another phone call.
A: How much battery do you have left? B: Only 63%.
gloss: The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Holonym: assault and battery
[…] A battery is the actual infliction of unlawful personal violence. […] [The defendant] fell to the ground and lashed out with his feet and in doing so kicked the hand of one of the police officers, fracturing a bone. He was charged with assault […] although this was a battery.
He offered three types of battery for which Mr. Trump might be liable under New York law: rape, sexual abuse and forcible touching.
An order asserted itself, and the hoods on the furnaces were oped wide, and a final march was organized. The wails of the injured and the roars of the dead-on-the-march overwhelmed the tinny speakers in the cell, and they all watched as nearly one thousand people reduced themselves to a few frantic hundred in less than an hour, then settled into a sustained orgy of battery, rapine and rape with no end in sight but the total depopulation of the entire facility.
gloss: A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Outside the ancient fort, you can still see worn areas in the stone where the batteries were once placed.
gloss: A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: They sent four batteries southward in an attempt to shore up the defenses around the depot.
the marines had six 8-inch howitzers, eight 4.2-inch mortars, and three 105-mm howitzer batteries, each with six pieces.
gloss: An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
historical
uncountable
examples: 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 soldiers used to build what they termed artillery "forts".
such forts being so contrived as to have two or three batteries, one higher than the other, furnished with many cannon.
His grand battery was as badly provided with cannon as his little battery, for not a single gun was mounted on either.
On this wharf [Tower Bridge wharf] there is a long and beautiful platform, on which are planted 61 pieces of cannon [...] Devil's Battery, where is also a platform, on which are mounted seven pieces of cannon, although on the battery itself there are only five.
gloss: An array of similar things.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.
gloss: A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: ‘Do you know how battery chickens live?’
gloss: The catcher and the pitcher together
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Two or more pieces working together on the same rank, file, or diagonal
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A marching percussion ensemble; the section of the drumline that marches on the field during a performance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The state of a firearm or cannon when it is possible to be fired.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: in battery
out of battery
In this circumstance, you will have to rack the slide to get back in battery.
gloss: Apparatus for preparing or serving meals.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
Related words: accumulator
assault
Derived words: antibattery
assault and battery
batteried
batteries-included
battery acid
battery-backed
battery backup
battery booster
battery cage
battery cell
battery charger
battery-electric
battery electric multiple unit
battery electric vehicle
battery hen
battery-included
batteryless
battery life
batterylike
battery mate
battery memory
battery-operated
battery pack
battery power
battery-powered
change one's battery
counter-battery
cross-battery
electric battery
in battery
lazy battery effect
lithium battery
nonbattery
out of battery
out-of-battery
recharge one's battery
unmask one's batteries
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: battery akkumlator
lang: Albanian
word: bateri
lang: Amharic
word: ባትሪ
roman: batri
lang: Western Apache
word: bizig
lang: Arabic
word: بَطَّارِيَّة
roman: baṭṭāriyya
lang: Arabic
word: بطارية
roman: baṭāreya
lang: Arabic
word: حجر قلم
roman: ḥagar ʔalam
lang: Arabic
word: باتري
roman: bātrī
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܒܲܛܵܪܝܼܬܵܐ
roman: baṭṭārītā
lang: Armenian
word: մարտկոց
roman: martkocʻ
lang: Armenian
word: ուժահավաք
roman: užahavakʻ
lang: Armenian
word: ակումուլյատոր
roman: akumulyator
lang: Azerbaijani
word: batareya
lang: Azerbaijani
word: akkumulyator
lang: Basque
word: pila
lang: Belarusian
word: батарэ́йка
roman: bataréjka
lang: Belarusian
word: батарэ́я
roman: bataréja
lang: Belarusian
word: акумуля́тар
roman: akumuljátar
lang: Bengali
word: ব্যাটারি
roman: bêṭari
lang: Bulgarian
word: бате́рия
roman: batérija
lang: Bulgarian
word: акумула́тор
roman: akumulátor
lang: Burmese
word: ဓာတ်ခဲ
roman: dhathkai:
lang: Burmese
word: ဓာတ်အိုး
roman: dhat-ui:
lang: Burmese
word: ဘက်ထရီ
roman: bhakhta.ri
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: батері́я
roman: bateríja
lang: Catalan
word: pila
lang: Catalan
word: bateria
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 電池 /电池
roman: din⁶ ci⁴
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 電池 /电池
roman: thien-chhṳ̀
lang: Chinese
word: 電池 /电池
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Jin Chinese
word: 電池 /电池
roman: die³ ci¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 電池 /电池
roman: diànchí
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 電池 /电池
roman: ⁶di-zy
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: batareya
lang: Czech
word: baterie
lang: Czech
word: baterka
lang: Danish
word: batteri
lang: Dutch
word: batterij
lang: Esperanto
word: pilo
lang: Esperanto
word: baterio
lang: Esperanto
word: akumulatoro
lang: Estonian
word: patarei
lang: Estonian
word: akumulaator
lang: Faroese
word: ravløða
lang: Faroese
word: battarí
lang: Finnish
word: paristo (non-rechargeable)
lang: Finnish
word: akku (rechargeable)
lang: Finnish
word: patteri
lang: French
word: pile
lang: French
word: batterie
lang: Galician
word: pila
lang: Galician
word: batería
lang: Georgian
word: ბატარეა
roman: baṭarea
lang: Georgian
word: აკუმულატორი
roman: aḳumulaṭori
lang: Georgian
word: ელემენტი
roman: elemenṭi
lang: German
word: Batterie
lang: German
word: Akku
lang: Greek
word: μπαταρία
roman: bataría
lang: Greenlandic
word: batteri
lang: Haitian Creole
word: batri
lang: Haitian Creole
word: pil
lang: Hebrew
word: סוֹלְלָה
roman: solelá
lang: Hebrew
word: בָּטֶרִיָּה
roman: bateríya
lang: Hindi
word: विद्युत कोष
roman: vidyut koṣ
lang: Hindi
word: बैटरी
roman: baiṭrī
lang: Hindi
word: सेल
roman: sel
lang: Hungarian
word: elem
lang: Hungarian
word: akkumulátor
lang: Hungarian
word: telep
lang: Icelandic
word: rafhlaða
lang: Icelandic
word: batterí
lang: Icelandic
word: rafgeymir
lang: Ido
word: baterio
lang: Indonesian
word: baterai
lang: Indonesian
word: aki
lang: Irish
word: cadhnra
lang: Italian
word: pila
lang: Italian
word: batteria
lang: Japanese
word: 電池
roman: denchi
lang: Japanese
word: バッテリー
roman: batterī
lang: Javanese
word: bateré
lang: Javanese
word: baterei
lang: Javanese
word: baterai
lang: Kazakh
word: батарея
roman: batareä
lang: Kazakh
word: аккумулятор
roman: akkumulätor
lang: Khmer
word: ពិល
roman: pɨl
lang: Khmer
word: ថ្ម
roman: thmɑɑ
lang: Korean
word: 전지
roman: jeonji
lang: Korean
word: 배터리
roman: baeteori
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: batarya
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: pîl
lang: Kyrgyz
word: батарея
roman: batareya
lang: Kyrgyz
word: аккумулятор
roman: akkumulyator
lang: Lao
word: ໝໍ້ໄຟ
roman: mǭ fai
lang: Lao
word: ຫມໍ້ໄຟ
roman: mǭ fai
lang: Lao
word: ຖ່ານໄຟ
roman: thān fai
lang: Latvian
word: baterija
lang: Latvian
word: akumulators
lang: Lithuanian
word: baterija
lang: Lithuanian
word: akumuliatorius
lang: Macedonian
word: батерија
roman: baterija
lang: Macedonian
word: акумула́тор
roman: akumulátor
lang: Malay
word: bateri
lang: Malay
word: baterai
lang: Manx
word: kishtey pooar
lang: Māori
word: pāteri
lang: Māori
word: pūhiko
lang: Maranao
word: batiriya
lang: Mongolian
word: зай
roman: zaj
lang: Mongolian
word: батарей
roman: batarej
lang: Mongolian
word: аккумулятор
roman: akkumuljator
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠵᠠᠢ
roman: ǰai
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠪᠠᠲ᠋ᠠᠷᠧᠢ
roman: batarēi
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠠᠻᠻᠦᠮᠦᠯᠢᠶᠠᠲ᠋ᠣᠷ
roman: akkümüliyator
lang: Navajo
word: chidí bijéí
lang: Norman
word: batt'tie
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: batteri
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: batteri
lang: Occitan
word: pila
lang: Occitan
word: batariá
lang: Pashto
word: بېترۍ
roman: betrǝy
lang: Pashto
word: بېټرۍ
roman: beṭrᶕy
lang: Pashto
word: بطريه
roman: batrya
lang: Pashto
word: بتۍ
roman: batǝy
lang: Iranian Persian
word: باتْری
roman: bâtri
lang: Iranian Persian
word: باطْری
roman: bâtri
lang: Iranian Persian
word: پیل
roman: pil
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Batrie
lang: Polish
word: bateria (non-rechargeable)
lang: Polish
word: akumulator (rechargeable)
lang: Portuguese
word: pilha
lang: Portuguese
word: bateria
lang: Rade
word: pil
lang: Romanian
word: baterie
lang: Romanian
word: pilă electrică
lang: Russian
word: батаре́я
roman: bataréja
lang: Russian
word: батаре́йка
roman: bataréjka
lang: Russian
word: аккумуля́тор
roman: akkumuljátor
lang: Sardinian
word: pila
lang: Sardinian
word: batería
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: bataraidh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ба̀те̄рија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: bàtērija
lang: Sinhalese
word: බැටරි
roman: bæṭari
lang: Slovak
word: batéria
lang: Slovak
word: baterka
lang: Slovene
word: bateríja
lang: Spanish
word: pila
lang: Spanish
word: batería
lang: Swahili
word: betri
lang: Swedish
word: batteri
lang: Tagalog
word: salansan
lang: Tagalog
word: baterya
lang: Tajik
word: батарея
roman: batareya
lang: Tajik
word: аккумулятор
roman: akkumulyator
lang: Tamil
word: பேட்டரி
roman: pēṭṭari
lang: Tamil
word: மின்கலம்
roman: miṉkalam
lang: Tarifit
word: taẓrut
lang: Tatar
word: батарея
roman: batareyä
lang: Thai
word: แบตเตอรี่
roman: bɛ̀t-dtəə-rîi
lang: Thai
word: ถ่านไฟฉาย
roman: tàan-fai-chǎai
lang: Tibetan
word: སྦི་ཅི་ལིའི་སྨན
roman: sbi ci li'i sman
lang: Tibetan
word: གློག་རྫས
roman: glog rdzas
lang: Tibetan
word: གློག་སྨན
roman: glog sman
lang: Tigrinya
word: ባተሪ
roman: batäri
lang: Turkish
word: pil
lang: Turkish
word: akü
lang: Turkmen
word: batareýa
lang: Turkmen
word: akkumulýator
lang: Ukrainian
word: батаре́йка
roman: bataréjka
lang: Ukrainian
word: батаре́я
roman: bataréja
lang: Ukrainian
word: акумуля́тор
roman: akumuljátor
lang: Urdu
word: بَیٹْری
roman: baiṭrī
lang: Urdu
word: سیل
roman: sel
lang: Uyghur
word: باتارىيە
roman: batariye
lang: Uzbek
word: batareya
lang: Uzbek
word: akkumulyator
lang: Vietnamese
word: pin
lang: Vietnamese
word: bình điện
lang: Welsh
word: batri
lang: Yakut
word: батарыайа
roman: batarïaya
lang: Yiddish
word: באַטאַרייע
roman: batareye
lang: Zhuang
word: denciz
lang: Zhuang
word: denyouz
lang: Zhuang
word: yuzdendungz
lang: Armenian
word: մարտկոց
roman: martkocʻ
lang: Belarusian
word: батарэ́я
roman: bataréja
lang: Bulgarian
word: батаре́я
roman: bataréja
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 砲兵連 /炮兵连
roman: pàobīng lián
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 砲兵營 /炮兵营
roman: pàobīng yíng
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: batareya
lang: Czech
word: baterie
lang: Danish
word: batteri
lang: Dutch
word: batterij
lang: Esperanto
word: baterio
lang: Finnish
word: patteri
lang: Finnish
word: tykistöpatteri
lang: Finnish
word: patteristo
lang: French
word: batterie
lang: Georgian
word: ბატარეა
roman: baṭarea
lang: German
word: (Artillerie) Batterie
lang: Greek
word: πυροβολαρχία
roman: pyrovolarchía
lang: Hebrew
word: גֻּנְדָה
roman: gundá
lang: Hebrew
word: סוֹלְלָה
roman: solelá
lang: Hungarian
word: üteg
lang: Ido
word: baterio
lang: Indonesian
word: baterai
lang: Italian
word: batteria
lang: Macedonian
word: батерија
roman: baterija
lang: Manx
word: battree
lang: Norman
word: batt'tie
lang: Polish
word: bateria
lang: Portuguese
word: bateria
lang: Romanian
word: baterie
lang: Russian
word: батаре́я
roman: bataréja
lang: Slovak
word: batéria
lang: Slovene
word: baterija
lang: Spanish
word: batería
lang: Swedish
word: batteri
lang: Tagalog
word: baterya
lang: Ukrainian
word: батарея
roman: batareja
lang: Vietnamese
word: khẩu đội pháo