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DRY BATTERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("dry battery" is a kind of...):
galvanic battery; voltaic battery (battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel)
Meronyms (parts of "dry battery"):
dry cell (a small Leclanche cell containing no free liquid; the electrolyte is a paste and the negative zinc pole forms the container of the cell; used in flashlights, portable radios, etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dry battery"):
flashlight battery (a small dry battery containing dry cells; used to power flashlights)
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