battery

Definition:
1. Group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place.
2. A device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series.
3. A collection of related things intended for use together.
4. A unit composed of the pitcher and catcher.

Use 'battery' in a sentence:

1. The batteries are safely enclosed in a watertight compartment.
2. Another problem is battery life.
3. If you leave your headlights on you'll soon run down the battery.
4. More will be invested in bike battery research.
5. On cold winter days we can stay warm with battery-operated gloves and socks, and specially made coats and jackets.
6. We give a battery of tests to each patient.
7. When you charge the battery, ions will flow through the liquid.
8. The "flywheel" battery, it is said, could power an electric car for 600 miles on a single charge.
9. My phone battery is almost dead now.
10. Clothes rolled up in the towel and stowed in the panniers; check. The headlight battery pack on the charger; check.
11. Ned turned on the lanterns, which worked with batteries.
12. Dr. Donald Sadoway at MIT started his own battery company with the hope of changing the world's energy future.
13. The tugboat could draw extra power from the battery when full-power surges were needed.
14. This battery booster is a boon for photographers.
15. Don't forget to take a few spare batteries.
16. Having already enabled a communications revolution, the battery is now poised to transform just about everything else.
17. The shavers come complete with batteries.
18. They stopped beside a battery of abandoned guns.
19. I have a battery tester in my garage.
20. He kept trying to start the car and the battery got flatter and flatter, until it wouldn't turn the engine at all.
21. While each box contains a beacon, the unit only has enough battery power to transmit a signal for 30 days.
22. The implication is that this battery lasts twice as long as other batteries.
23. They told me I needed a new battery.
24. No one knows which—if any—battery technology will ultimately dominate, but one thing remains clear.
25. Donald Sadoway at MIT started his own battery company with the hope of changing the world's energy future.
26. Another time, he cancelled a date with his girlfriend at the last minute telling her he had to get a new battery for his truck.
27. Alex had forgotten to charge the battery.
28. He went to work for a battery research company and waited years before the founder promoted him to CEO.
29. In order to get some information, Mr. Smith turned on the battery powered radio.
30. The battery in my car gave up the ghost.
31. Free range and battery eggs, boiled for four minutes, were hard to tell apart.
32. He charged the battery of his car.
33. A battery-powered world comes with its own risks, too.
34. It is mains or battery powered.
35. He is using your mains electricity to recharge his car battery.
36. Take off the battery and put it back on later.
37. Battery charging systems remain basically the same as those in use half a century ago.
38. "You don't need to carry 50 pounds of nickel, " one battery company man told me.
39. His car alarm had been going off for two days and, as a result, the battery was flat.
40. One gunner in each battery was an NCO and the rest were privates.
41. The only thing that stands between us is a suitable battery.
42. The device can recharge a battery in about 25 minutes.
43. The batteries had a life span of six hours.
44. The battery is flat.
45. To be sure, the battery still has a long way to go before the nightly recharge completely replaces the weekly trip to the gas station.
46. Every time she consulted her watch, she wondered if the batteries were wearing out.
47. The Auto Compact Disc Cleaner can run off batteries or mains.
48. Use the crocodile clips to attach the cables to the battery.
49. Some kinds of batteries can be recharged by connecting them to a source of direct current.
50. I thought it looked as though the battery was going.
51. Before use, the battery must be charged.
52. The batteries are running down.
53. The HFMR AN/PRC-150 offers secure voice and data communications, networking and long-lasting battery life.
54. The 'flywheel' battery, it is said, could power an electric car for 600 miles on a single charge.
55. He wanted to recharge his batteries and come back feeling fresh and positive.