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| battery | |
| 1. pila, batería | |
| inglés > inglés | |
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| battery | |
| 1. s. (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. s. (legal) Act of inflicting unlawful physical violence to a person, legally distinguished from assault which includes the threat of impending violence. | |
| 3. s. A coordinated group of artillery weapons. | |
| 4. s. (historical, archaic) An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed. | |
| 5. s. An array of similar things. | |
| Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress. | |
| 6. s. A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs. | |
| 7. s. (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together | |
| 8. s. (chess) Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal | |
| 9. s. (music) A marching percussion ensemble; a drumline. | |
| 10. s. The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired. | |
| español > inglés | |
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| pila | |
| 1. n-f. small battery | |
| (coord, batería) | |
| 2. n-f. pile, stack, heap, mound | |
| Tengo una pila de papeles encima de la mesa con órdenes de trabajo. - I have a stack of papers on my desk with work orders. | |
| 3. n-f. a lot | |
| una pila de cosas - a bunch of stuff | |
| 4. n-f. (heraldry) pile | |
| 5. n-f. sink; washbasin | |
| 6. n-f. font, baptismal font | |
| (synonyms, pila bautismal) | |
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