battery | |
1. n. (electronics) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells. A single such cell when used by itself. | |
2. n. (legal) Act of inflicting unlawful physical violence to a person, legally distinguished from assault which includes the threat of impending violence. | |
3. n. A coordinated group of artillery weapons. | |
4. n. (historical, archaic) An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed. | |
5. n. An array of similar things. | |
Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress. | |
6. n. A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs. | |
7. n. (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together | |
8. n. (chess) Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal | |
9. n. (music) A marching percussion ensemble; a drumline. | |
10. n. The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired. | |