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Meaning of battery

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  battery
      n 1: group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one
           place
      2: a device that produces electricity; may have several primary
         or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series [syn:
         {battery}, {electric battery}]
      3: a collection of related things intended for use together;
         "took a battery of achievement tests"
      4: a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher
      5: a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
         [syn: {battery}, {stamp battery}]
      6: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than
         hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of
         the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours
         without pausing" [syn: {barrage}, {barrage fire}, {battery},
         {bombardment}, {shelling}]
      7: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
         [syn: {battery}, {assault and battery}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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