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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

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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

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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 Energy Drink, an energy drink made in Finland * Battery Ventures, an investment firm * Battery ware, 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


See also

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Battery Building The Simmons Hardware Company Warehouse, also known as the Battery Building, is a historic warehouse located in Sioux City, Iowa that is on the National Register of Historic Places. The six storey building covered a whole block and its construction ...
, the Simmons Hardware Company Warehouse in Sioux City, Iowa, U.S. * Battery cage, a confinement system for egg-laying chickens (battery hens) {{disambiguation