battery
batteries
Battery is (among other things) physical attack or assault: “He was arrested for battery after he hit his manager several times on the head with a large flashlight.”
When you think of a battery, you probably envision the electrical devices that allow you to power everything in your life — from your car to your cell phone. However, battery has a whole host of meanings. In addition to beating someone as in "assault and battery," it also refers to a collection of artillery or guns: “He’s collected a battery of weapons; we hope he doesn’t intend to use them." Beyond guns, a battery can also refer to any group or collection of similar things: “She was subjected to a battery of tests, designed to determine whether she was a genius or just plain smart.”
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a collection of related things intended for use together“took a battery of achievement tests”
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accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
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accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
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a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
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synonyms:
stamp battery
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stamp mill, stamping mill
a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps
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stamp mill, stamping mill
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group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
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artillery, artillery unit
an army unit that uses big guns
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artillery, artillery unit
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the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
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synonyms:
barrage, barrage fire, bombardment, shelling
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a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
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synonyms:
electric battery
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A battery
the battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube
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B battery
battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube
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C battery
battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube
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galvanic battery, voltaic battery
battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel
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galvanic pile, pile, voltaic pile
battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
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dry battery
a voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells
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accumulator, storage battery
a voltaic battery that stores electric charge
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electrical device
a device that produces or is powered by electricity
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a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher
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an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
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synonyms:
assault and battery
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resisting arrest
physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest
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assault
a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
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resisting arrest
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