Battery most often refers to: *

Electric battery An electric battery is a source of electric power consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections for powering electrical devices. When a battery is supplying power, its positive terminal is the cathode and its negati ...

, a device that provides electrical power * Battery (crime), a crime involving unlawful physical contact Battery may also refer to:

Energy source

Automotive battery An automotive battery or car battery is a rechargeable battery that is used to start a motor vehicle. Its main purpose is to provide an electric current to the electric-powered starting motor, which in turn starts the chemically-powered internal ...

, a device to provide power to certain functions of an automobile * List of battery types *

Energy storage Energy storage is the capture of energy produced at one time for use at a later time to reduce imbalances between energy demand and energy production. A device that stores energy is generally called an accumulator or battery. Energy comes in ...

, including batteries that are not electrochemical

Law

* Battery (tort), a civil wrong in common law of intentional harmful or offensive contact

Military and naval uses

Artillery battery In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to fac ...

, an organized group of artillery pieces ** Main battery, the primary weapons of a warship **

Secondary battery (artillery) Secondary armament is a term used to refer to smaller, faster-firing weapons that were typically effective at a shorter range than the main battery, main (heavy) weapons on military systems, including battleship- and cruiser-type warships, ta ...

, the smaller guns on a warship * Battery, a position of a cartridge in a firearm action

Arts and entertainment

Music

* Battery (electro-industrial band) * Battery (hardcore punk band) * "Battery", a song by Metallica from the 1986 album '' Master of Puppets'' * Marching percussion ensemble, frequently known as a battery * Battery, a software music sampler by Native Instruments

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* Battery (chess), a playing tactic * ''Battery'' (novel series), by Atsuko Asano *

Battery Records (disambiguation) Battery Records may refer to the following record labels: * Battery Records (hip hop), started by Neil Levine under Zomba Label Group, launched mid-2008 by Sony BMG Music Entertainment * Battery Records (dance), the dance sublabel of Jive Records, ...

, the name of several record labels * The Battery (disambiguation)#Films, the name of two films

Places

* The Battery (Manhattan), or Battery Park, New York, U.S. * The Battery (disambiguation)#Places, the name of several places * Battery Island, Tasmania, Australia * Battery Park (disambiguation), the name of several places * Battery Point, Tasmania, Australia

Other uses

* Battery (baseball), the pitcher and catcher collectively * Battery, or

stamp mill A stamp mill (or stamp battery or stamping mill) is a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores. Breaking material down is a type of unit operatio ...

, a type of mill *

Battery (drink) Battery is a brand of energy drinks produced by the Finnish brewery Sinebrychoff. Their stimulating effects are based on coffee and guarana extracts as well as taurine. Sinebrychoff is part of the international brewery group Carlsberg. The energy ...

, a brand of energy drinks in Finland * Battery Ventures, an investment firm *

Battery ware Battery most often refers to: * Electric battery, a device that provides electrical power * Battery (crime), a crime involving unlawful physical contact Battery may also refer to: Energy source * Automotive battery, a device to provide power ...

, items of beaten metal, cast work, and wire of latten, iron and steel, term used in Elizabethan England *

Stamp Battery Stamp or Stamps or Stamping may refer to: Official documents and related impressions * Postage stamp, used to indicate prepayment of fees for public mail * Ration stamp, indicating the right to rationed goods * Revenue stamp, used on documents to ...

, a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding