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Battery-powered

Definition: Battery-powered

Battery-powered

Adjective

1. Powered by one or more electric batteries; "a battery-powered radio".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Crosswords: Battery-powered

English words defined with "battery-powered": flashlighttorch. (references)
Specialty definitions using "battery-powered": Electric VehiclesMAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, MOBILE BATTERY EQUIPMENTpalmtopSHUTTLE-CAR OPERATOR, SURGICAL-FORCEPS FABRICATORtrackless tunneling. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Battery-powered

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Battery-Powered Wristwatches with Cases Made of Precious Metal or Clad with Precious Metal: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Electric Gadgets and Gizmos: Battery-Powered Buildable Gadgets That Go! (Kids Can Do It) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Battery-powered

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Battery-powered electric signal lamp Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Battery-powered

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The vagus nerve stimulator is a battery-powered device that is surgically implanted under the skin of the chest, much like a pacemaker, and is attached to the vagus nerve in the lower neck. This device delivers short bursts of electrical energy to the brain via the vagus nerve. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Battery-powered

"Battery-powered" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Battery-powered" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%3558,339

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Battery-powered

Language Translations for "battery-powered"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

ç"µæ± æ"作. (various references)

   

French

  

alimenté par pile, à pile. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

attery-poweredbay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Battery-powered

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-e-o-p-r-r-t-t-w-y"

-3 letters: teeterboard.

-4 letters: pretreated, reoperated, reprobated.

-5 letters: bedwetter, deepwater, dewaterer, perborate, perorated, portrayed, predatory, reoperate, repowered, reprobate, retreated, typewrote.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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