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