A BATTERY

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does A battery mean? 

• A BATTERY (noun)
  The noun A BATTERY has 1 sense:

1. the battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube

  Familiarity information: A BATTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• A BATTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("A battery" is a kind of...):

battery; electric battery (a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series)

 Context examples 

It uses a battery and contains a solution of nicotine, flavorings, and other chemicals, some of which may be harmful.

(E-cigarette, NCI Dictionary)

EXAMPLE(S): A battery of tests may be composed of multiple routine labs that are always ordered together as a group.

(Defined Criterion Group Composition Relationship, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Issue associated with inability to initiate the appropriate charging process (e.g. of a battery or other charge storage device).

(Failure to Charge Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

Issue associated with the failure of a battery or other charge storage device to appropriately discharge as intended.

(Failure to Discharge Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A battery consisting of a lithium anode and a cathode of iodine and poly-2-vinyl pyridine.

(Lithium Iodide Battery Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): a battery of tests may be composed of multiple routine labs that are always ordered together as a group.

(Defined Composition Relationship, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Issue associated with the premature ending of the charging process (e.g. of a battery or other charge storage device).

(Charge Aborted Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

Every two years, study subjects are interviewed, given a battery of tests, gave blood samples and underwent brain scans.

(Obesity Can Affect Kids’ Working Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

We were shut up in Bhurtee, the regiment of us with half a battery of artillery, a company of Sikhs, and a lot of civilians and women-folk.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)