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Definition: A Battery |
A BatteryNoun1. Battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attack | Beset, besiege, beleaguer; lay siege to, invest, open the trenches, plant a battery, sap, mine; storm, board, scale the walls. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | With wire, a battery, and jumper cables. (MacGyver; writing credit: John Gorrie) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | These devices include a water-sensitive pad worn in pajamas, a wire connecting to a battery driven control, and an alarm that sounds when moisture is first detected. (references) | |
Business | A fuel cell also shares many of the characteristics of a battery. (references) | |
The Hsiung-feng III supersonic anti-ship missile developed by CSIST has already passed a battery of tests and mass production of the missile is expected to begin by the end of 2001. CSIST also has the ability to design and build anti-tactical ballistic missile (ATBM) system. (references) | ||
Economic History | Sweden | In the latter half of the 1980s, Sweden dismantled a battery of foreign exchange controls, and no capital or exchange controls remain. (references) |
Political Economy | SWEDEN | Sweden dismantled a battery of foreign exchange controls in the latter half of the 1980s. (references) |
Trade | Uzbekistan | The U.S. Export Import Bank (ExIm) has provided a total of over $1 billion in credits for U.S. exports to Uzbekistan of aircraft and agricultural equipment, as well as the U.S. components of a battery factory, refinery, gas compressor station, and other major projects. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it. The King of Ghargaroo, who had been abroad to study the science of government, appointed one hundred of his fattest subjects as members of a parliament to make laws for the collection of revenue. Forty of these he named the Party of Opposition and had his Prime Minister carefully instruct them in their duty of opposing every royal measure. Nevertheless, the first one that was submitted passed unanimously. Greatly displeased, the King vetoed it, informing the Opposition that if they did that again they would pay for their obstinacy with their heads. The entire forty promptly disemboweled themselves. "What shall we do now?" the King asked. "Liberal institutions cannot be maintained without a party of Opposition." "Splendor of the universe," replied the Prime Minister, "it is true these dogs of darkness have no longer their credentials, but all is not lost. Leave the matter to this worm of the dust." So the Minister had the bodies of his Majesty's Opposition embalmed and stuffed with straw, put back into the seats of power and nailed there. Forty votes were recorded against every bill and the nation prospered. But one day a bill imposing a tax on warts was defeated -- the members of the Government party had not been nailed to their seats! This so enraged the King that the Prime Minister was put to death, the parliament was dissolved with a battery of artillery, and government of the people, by the people, for the people perished from Ghargaroo. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "A battery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | une série de fours coke constitue une batterie,plusieurs batteries constituent une cokerie (a series of coke ovens constitutes a battery, several batteries constitute a coking plant). (various references) | |
German | eine Koksofenbatterie besteht aus einer Reihe von Koksoefen,eine Kokerei aus mehreren Koksofenbatterien (a series of coke ovens constitutes a battery, several batteries constitute a coking plant). (various references) | |
Greek | μια σειρά κλιβάνων οπτανθρακοποίησης αποτελεί μια συστοιχία,πολλές συστοιχίες συγκροτούν ένα οπτανθρακοποιείο (a series of coke ovens constitutes a battery, several batteries constitute a coking plant). (various references) | |
Italian | una serie di forni a coke costituisce una batteria;più batterie costituiscono una cokeria (a series of coke ovens constitutes a battery, several batteries constitute a coking plant). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "列 (barrage). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほうれつ (aromatic, barrage, battery, heroic deed, outstanding achievement). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aay atterybay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | uma série de fornos de coque formam uma bateria;várias baterias constituem uma coquearia (a series of coke ovens constitutes a battery, several batteries constitute a coking plant). (various references) | |
Spanish | una serie de hornos de coque constituye una bateria;varias baterias constituyen una coqueria (a series of coke ovens constitutes a battery, several batteries constitute a coking plant). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-r-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: battery, tabaret. | |
-2 letters: abater, baryta, baryte, batter, betray, bratty, treaty, yatter. | |
-3 letters: abate, attar, barye, batty, betta, rabat, ratty, reata, taber, tarty, tatar, tater, teary, tetra, treat, yerba. | |
-4 letters: abet, abye, aery, area, arty, bare, bate, batt, bear, beat, beta, brae, brat, bray, byre, byte, eyra, rate, raya, tare, tart, tate, tear, teat, tray, tret, trey, tyer, tyre, yare, year, yett. | |
-5 letters: aba, aby, arb, are, art, ate, att, aye, baa, bar, bat, bay, bet, bey, bra, bye, ear, eat, era, eta, rat, ray, reb, ret, rya, rye, tab, tae, tar, tat, tea, tet, try, tye, yar, yea, yet. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-r-t-t-y" | |
+4 letters: abstractedly, alterability, traceability, treatability. | |
+5 letters: bathymetrical, breathability, marketability, repeatability. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 42 61 74 74 65 72 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 00100000 01000010 01100001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A   B a t t e r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0042 0061 0074 0074 0065 0072 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35236678686718491 |
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