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electric battery

DEFINITIONS OF: electric battery

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

Synonyms:
battery
Types:
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A battery
the battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube
B battery
battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube
C battery
battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube
galvanic battery, voltaic battery
battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel
galvanic pile, pile, voltaic pile
battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
dry battery
a voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells
accumulator, storage battery
a voltaic battery that stores electric charge
Type of:
electrical device
a device that produces or is powered by electricity
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