battery
English Thesaurus
1. an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | assault, |
| definition | : | a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | resisting arrest, |
| definition | : | physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest (noun.act) |
2. the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | fire, firing, |
| definition | : | the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy (noun.act) |
3. a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | electrical device, |
| definition | : | a device that produces or is powered by electricity (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | a battery, |
| definition | : | the battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | b battery, |
| definition | : | battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | c battery, |
| definition | : | battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | galvanic pile, pile, voltaic pile, |
| definition | : | battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | electrode, |
| definition | : | a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | pole, terminal, |
| definition | : | a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves (noun.artifact) |
4. a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores (noun.artifact)
| part holonym | : | pestle, stamp, |
| definition | : | machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores (noun.artifact) |
5. a collection of related things intended for use together (noun.group)
| member holonym | : | sub-test, |
| definition | : | one of a battery of related tests (noun.act) |
6. a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | squad, team, |
| definition | : | a cooperative unit (especially in sports) (noun.group) |
| part meronym | : | baseball team, |
| definition | : | a team that plays baseball (noun.group) |
7. group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place (noun.group)
8. the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target (noun.act)
| derivation | : | blast, shell, |
| definition | : | use explosives on (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | blast, shell, |
| definition | : | use explosives on (verb.competition) |
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