01 n. The act of battering or beating.
pl.
Batteries
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1.
The act of battering or beating.
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2.
The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him.(Law)
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3.
Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense.(Mil.)
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4.
A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously.(Elec.)
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5.
A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc.
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6.
A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals.(Metallurgy)
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The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down.
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8.
The pitcher and catcher together.(Baseball)
Phrases & compounds
Barbette battery —
See Barbette.
Battery d'enfilade —
one that sweeps the whole length of a line of troops or part of a work.
Battery en écharpe —
one that plays obliquely.
Battery gun —
a gun capable of firing a number of shots simultaneously or successively without stopping to load.
Battery wagon —
a wagon employed to transport the tools and materials for repair of the carriages, etc., of the battery.
In battery —
projecting, as a gun, into an embrasure or over a parapet in readiness for firing.
Masked battery —
a battery artificially concealed until required to open upon the enemy.
Out of battery —
withdrawn, as a gun, to a position for loading.