Battery (v. t.) The act of battering or beating. |
Battery (v. t.) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him. |
Battery (v. t.) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense. |
Battery (v. t.) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field. |
Battery (v. t.) A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns. |
Battery (v. t.) A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously. |
Battery (v. t.) An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity. |
Battery (v. t.) A number of similar machines or devices in position |
Battery (v. t.) A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals. |
Battery (v. t.) The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down. |
Battery (v. t.) The pitcher and catcher together. |
Bunsen's battery () Alt. of Bunsen's burner |
Charging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Charge |
Electrical (a.) Pertaining to electricity |
Electrical (a.) Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity |
Electrical (a.) Electrifying |
Magneto-electrical (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action of magnets |
Station (n.) The act of standing |
Station (n.) A state of standing or rest |
Station (n.) The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time |
Station (n.) A regular stopping place in a stage road or route |
Station (n.) The headquarters of the police force of any precinct. |
Station (n.) The place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying. |
Station (n.) The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs |
Station (n.) A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely. |
Station (n.) A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty. |
Station (n.) A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them |
Station (n.) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc. |
Station (n.) Post assigned |
Station (n.) Situation |
Station (n.) State |
Station (n.) The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion. |
Station (n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers. |
Station (n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion |
Station (v. t.) To place |
Water battery () A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water. |
Water battery () A battery nearly on a level with the water. |
electrical work | the craft of an electrician |
electrotherapy galvanism electric healing electrical healing | the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) |
battery assault and battery | an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact |
electric shock electrical shock shock | a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body, subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response, electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks |
galvanic skin response GSR psychogalvanic response electrodermal response electrical skin response Fere phenomenon Tarchanoff phenomenon | a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety, can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body |
barrage barrage fire battery bombardment shelling | 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 |
Stations Stations of the Cross | (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary |
A battery | the battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube |
c acid back breaker battery-acid dose dot Elvis loony toons Lucy in the sky with diamonds pane superman window pane Zen | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
air base air station | a base for military aircraft |
battery electric battery | a device that produces electricity, may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series |
battery stamp battery | a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores |
B battery | battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube |
beach wagon station wagon wagon estate car beach waggon station waggon waggon | a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat |
booster booster amplifier booster station relay link relay station relay transmitter | an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal |
broadcasting station broadcast station | a station equipped to broadcast radio or television programs |
bus terminal bus depot bus station coach station | a terminal that serves bus passengers |
capacitor capacitance condenser electrical condenser | an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge |
car battery automobile battery | a lead-acid storage battery in a motor vehicle, usually a -volt battery of six cells, the heart of the car's electrical system |
C battery | battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube |
charger battery charger | a device for charging or recharging batteries |
circuit electrical circuit electric circuit | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
distributor distributer electrical distributor | electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence |
dressing station aid station | (military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded |
dry battery | a voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells |
electrical cable | a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations |
electrical contact | contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another |
electrical converter | converter that converts alternating current into direct current or vice versa |
electrical device | a device that produces or is powered by electricity |
electrical system | equipment in a motor vehicle that provides electricity to start the engine and ignite the fuel and operate the lights and windshield wiper and heater and air conditioner and radio |
electrical system electrical plant | utility that provides electricity |
fire station firehouse | a station housing fire apparatus and firemen |
first-aid station | a station providing emergency care or treatment before regular medical aid can be obtained |
flashlight battery | a small dry battery containing dry cells, used to power flashlights |
fuse electrical fuse safety fuse | an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded |
gasoline station gas station filling station petrol station | a service station that sells gasoline |
grid storage-battery grid | a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material |
lead-acid battery lead-acid accumulator | a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte, each cell generates about volts |
lookout observation tower lookout station observatory | a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings |
naval installation shore station | military installation servicing naval forces |
nickel-iron battery nickel-iron accumulator | a storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide, each cell gives about . volts |
observation station | a station set up for making observations of something |
pay-phone pay-station | a coin-operated telephone |
police station police headquarters station house | a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district, serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought |
power station power plant powerhouse | an electrical generating station |
public toilet comfort station public convenience convenience public lavatory restroom toilet facility wash room | a toilet that is available to the public |
pump house pumping station | a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated |
quartz battery quartz mill | a stamp mill for stamping quartz |
radio station | station for the production and transmission of AM or FM radio broadcasts |
railway station railroad station railroad terminal train station train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |