noun
battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel
• Syn: ↑voltaic 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).
[1795-1805]
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galvanic battery or galvanic cell noun (obsolete)
An electric battery or cell
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Main Entry: ↑galvanism
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galvanic battery,
a battery consisting of two or more galvanic cells; voltaic battery.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.