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• primary battery — noun : an assembly of two or more primary cells * * * primary battery or primary cell noun A battery or cell producing an electric current by irreversible chemical action • • • Main Entry: ↑primary …   Useful english dictionary

• primary battery — A non rechargeable battery consisting of one or more primary cells, used e.g., in portable radio receivers. Opposite to secondary battery or storage battery …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Battery (electricity) — For other uses, see Battery (disambiguation). Various cells and batteries (top left to bottom right): two AA, one D, one handheld ham radio battery, two 9 volt (PP3), two AAA, one C, one …   Wikipedia

• Primary cell — A primary cell is any kind of battery in which the electrochemical reaction is not reversible, rendering the cell non rechargeable. A common example of a primary cell is the disposable battery. Unlike a secondary cell, the reaction cannot be… …   Wikipedia

• battery — /bat euh ree/, n., pl. batteries. 1. Elect. a. Also called galvanic battery, voltaic battery. a combination of two or more cells electrically connected to work together to produce electric energy. b. cell (def. 7a). 2. any large group or series… …   Universalium

• Battery — /bat euh ree/, n. The, a park at the S end of Manhattan, in New York City. Also called Battery Park. * * * Any of a class of devices, consisting of a group of electrochemical cells (see electrochemistry), that convert chemical energy into… …   Universalium

• battery — An electrochemical device for producing electricity by converting chemical energy. The typical automotive lead acid battery supplies the source of power for cranking the engine and also provides the necessary electrical energy for the ignition… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Battery Potter — or Gun Lift Battery No.1 built in 1892 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey was the world s only disappearing gun battery that used hydraulic elevators to move the guns above a protective parapet wall. Battery Potter was also the first Endicott system… …   Wikipedia

• primary cell — n. a battery cell whose energy is derived from an essentially irreversible electrochemical reaction and which is hence incapable of being efficiently recharged …   English World dictionary

• Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery — For this article, “Company A” and “Battery A” are interchangeable. A battery of four to six cannons, with two to three two cannon sections was the basic unit of the artillery branch. The organization was commanded by a captain with first and… …   Wikipedia

• battery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. assault, attack; guns, artillery; array, assemblage; Ley den jar, voltaic cell, accumulator, [wet or dry] cell, solar or storage battery. See arms, store, power, combatant. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …   English dictionary for students