paristo — meaning in English

English meaning

• battery noun A device that stores and supplies electrical power, made of one or more cells.
• cell noun The smallest basic unit of a living organism, capable of growing and reproducing itself.
• pile noun A number of things heaped or stacked on top of each other.

Senses

paristo is used for these senses in English:

• battery (electrical, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.
• cell A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one. [from 20th c.]
• pile A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.

battery — full definition

1. noun A device that stores and supplies electrical power, made of one or more cells.
2. noun A legal term for unlawfully touching or striking another person.
3. noun A group of similar things, especially artillery guns, arranged or used together.

cell — full definition

1. noun The smallest basic unit of a living organism, capable of growing and reproducing itself.
2. noun A small locked room in a prison or police station.
3. noun A device that stores electrical energy, used alone or grouped into a battery.
4. noun A small group forming part of a larger, often secretive, organization.

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