Definition of battery

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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..

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Zinco-polar :: Zinco-polar (a.) Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity..
Assault :: Assault (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery..
Voltaplast :: Voltaplast (n.) A form of voltaic, or galvanic, battery suitable for use electrotyping..
Supportable :: Support (n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery..
Cell :: Cell (n.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..
Relay :: Relay (n.) In various forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit in which a current is passing..
Piece :: Piece (n.) A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces; a following piece..
Catelectrode :: Catelectrode (n.) The negative electrode or pole of a voltaic battery.
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity.
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc..
Chemiglyphic :: Chemiglyphic (a.) Engraved by a voltaic battery.
Open :: Open (v. i.) To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery opened upon the enemy..
Mask :: Mask (n.) A screen for a battery.
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) The pitcher and catcher together.
Rheophore :: Rheophore (n.) One of the poles of a voltaic battery; an electrode.
Cathode :: Cathode (n.) The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode..
Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc..
Pulsation :: Pulsation (n.) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.
Depolarizer :: Depolarizer (n.) A substance used to prevent polarization, as upon the negative plate of a voltaic battery..
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