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battery
noun (batter, ies)
  1. A device that produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances.
  2. The crime or tort of intentionally striking another person.
  3. A coordinated group of artillery.
  4. An array of similar things.
Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.
  1. A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farm, farming their eggs.
  2. (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together
  3. (chess) Two or more pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal
Translations: 
  • Dutch: legbatterij
  • French: batterie
  • German: Legebatterie
  • Italian: pila
  • Spanish: pila
Etymology: From (term, batterie), from (term, baterie, lang=fro), from (term, bauttere, , beat, lang=la).

     
 
  

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