Battery

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1 Noun 1.1 Translations 2 Related terms 3 See also

Noun

battery (plural: batteries )

1. A device that produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances.
2. (law) The crime or tort of intentionally striking another person.
3. A coordinated group of artillery.
4. An array of similar things.

   Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.

5. A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.

Translations

device producing electricity

Finnish: paristo (not rechargeable), akku (rechargeable) French: pile f Batterie Italian: pila f

Persian: باتری (batri) Polish: bateria f Spanish: pila f Swedish: batteri n

crime of striking another

Finnish: pahoinpitely

array of similar things

coordinated group of artillery

German: (Artillerie) Batterie f

Swedish: batteri

set of cages for hens

German: Legebatterie f

The translations below might be out of synch with the definitions above. Would native speakers please check these and insert them into the correct table(s) above.

• Arabic: بطارية
• Chinese: 电池
• Dutch: batterij f (1, 3, 4)
• French: batterie f (1, 3, 4)
• Hebrew: סוללה (So'lle'la) f, בטריה (Ba'ta'riya) f (slang)

Related terms

• battery hen

See also

• accumulator
• assault