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A BATTERY
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("A battery" is a kind of...):
battery; electric battery (a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series)
Context examples:
A device designed to restore the capacity of a battery.
(Battery Charger Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
It is a capsule with a lens, a light, a camera, a radio transmitter, and a battery inside.
(Capsule endoscope, NCI Dictionary)
While this study shows a proof-of-principle, the researchers say that as technology improves and becomes more affordable, it is feasible that a comprehensive health evaluation using a battery of protein models derived from a single blood sample could be offered as routine by health services.
(Study highlights potential for ‘liquid health check’ to predict disease risk, University of Cambridge)
However, such a speedy charge rate would require a battery to rapidly take in 400 kilowatts of energy, a feat that current vehicles cannot accomplish because it risks lithium plating (the formation of metallic lithium around the anode), which would severely deteriorate battery life.
(Modern Battery Design Can Charge Electric Car in 10 Minutes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
It is a capsule that is about the size of a large pill, with a lens, a light, a camera, a radio transmitter, and a battery inside.
(Capsule endoscope, NCI Dictionary)
