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battery

bat·tery

UK/ˈbæt.(ə)ɹi/ US/ˈbæt͡ʃɹi/ common informal

noun

1.

group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place

2.

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

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3.

a collection of related things intended for use together

  • “took a battery of achievement tests”
4.

a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher

5.

a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores

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6.

the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target

  • “they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops”
  • “the shelling went on for hours without pausing”
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7.

an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • assault and battery
  • battery acid
  • battery backup
  • battery booster
  • battery cage
  • battery cell
  • battery charger
  • battery electric multiple unit

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