noun
battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑galvanic battery
• Hypernyms: ↑battery, ↑electric battery
• Hyponyms: ↑dry battery, ↑storage battery, ↑accumulator
• Part Meronyms: ↑voltaic cell, ↑galvanic cell, ↑primary cell
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Elect.
battery (def. 1a).
[1805-15]
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voltaic battery,
a) an electric battery composed of one or more voltaic cells.
1. = voltaic cell. (Cf. ↑voltaic cell)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.