ELECTRIC BATTERY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series

Synonyms:

battery; electric battery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("electric battery" is a kind of...):

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

Meronyms (parts of "electric battery"):

electrode (a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit)

pole; terminal (a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electric battery"):

A battery (the battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube)

B battery (battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube)

C battery (battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube)

galvanic battery; voltaic battery (battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel)

galvanic pile; pile; voltaic pile (battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta)