| battery | |
| 1. n. (electronics) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells. A single such cell when used by itself. | |
| 2. n. (legal) Act of inflicting unlawful physical violence to a person, legally distinguished from assault which includes the threat of impending violence. | |
| 3. n. A coordinated group of artillery weapons. | |
| 4. n. (historical, archaic) An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed. | |
| 5. n. An array of similar things. | |
| Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress. | |
| 6. n. A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs. | |
| 7. n. (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together | |
| 8. n. (chess) Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal | |
| 9. n. (music) A marching percussion ensemble; a drumline. | |
| 10. n. The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired. | |
