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Word: Battery
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French baterie, from battre ‘to strike’, from Latin battuere. The original sense was ‘metal articles wrought by hammering’, later ‘a number of pieces of artillery used together’, whence ‘a number of Leyden jars connected up so as to discharge simultaneously’ (mid 18th century), giving rise to battery (sense 1)
ˈbat(ə)ri
a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power
Short Definition:container used as source of power
Examples:- a camera battery
- battery power
a fortified emplacement for heavy guns
Short Definition:gun emplacement
Examples:- anti-aircraft missile batteries
- a mobile battery of 105 mm guns
a set of similar units of equipment, typically when connected together
Short Definition:set of similar units
Examples:- a battery of equipment to monitor blood pressure
a series of small cages for the intensive rearing of farm animals, especially calves and poultry
Short Definition:set of cages for farm animals
Examples:- battery farming
- battery hens
the infliction of unlawful personal violence on another person, even where the contact does no physical harm
Short Definition:infliction of unlawful violence
Examples:- any act which puts a person in immediate and reasonable fear of battery
- most batteries involve an assault
the pitcher and the catcher.
Short Definition:pitcher and catcher
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