batteria — meaning in English
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English meaning
- battery noun A device that stores and supplies electrical power, made of one or more cells.
- drum noun A percussion instrument with a tight skin stretched over a hollow body, played by striking.
- heat noun The energy or sensation of high temperature; warmth.
- pile noun A number of things heaped or stacked on top of each other.
Senses
batteria 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.
- battery (military, countable) A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns.
- drum (percussion instrument) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
- drum kit A collection of drums and other percussion instruments designed to be played together.
- heat (countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
- 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.
- power supply A source of power such as the mains or a generator.
battery — full definition
- noun A device that stores and supplies electrical power, made of one or more cells.
- noun A legal term for unlawfully touching or striking another person.
- noun A group of similar things, especially artillery guns, arranged or used together.
drum — full definition
- noun A percussion instrument with a tight skin stretched over a hollow body, played by striking.
- noun A cylindrical container, especially one used to store or transport liquid.
- verb To strike or tap rhythmically, as if playing a drum.