Battery 367397 225619029 2008-07-14T16:13:32Z P199 897376 add {{wiktionarypar|battery}} {{TOCright}} '''Battery''' may refer to: *[[Battery (electricity)]], an array of electrochemical cells for electricity storage; or one such cell **[[Car battery]], a type of battery for use in automobiles and trucks *Battery, the act of [[Injury|injuring]] another person in a manner likely to cause [[bodily harm]]: **[[Battery (crime)]], the [[criminal]] definition **[[Battery (tort)]], the [[Civil law (common law)|common civil law]] definition *[[Artillery battery]], an organized group of artillery pieces ** A piece is "in battery" when it is loaded and ready to fire ** A piece is "out of battery" if it is not ready to fire *An array of similar things, e.g. "''Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.''" *[[Battery farm]]ing, a term for industrial agriculture *[[Battery (baseball)]], in baseball jargon, refers collectively to the pitcher and catcher. *In [[chess]], a battery consists of two or more pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal. ===Placenames=== Several places are named either for the historical locations of coastal defense artillery batteries, or for the fancied appearance thereof: *[[Battery Island]], Tasmania, Australia *[[Battery Park (New York)]], on Manhattan Island, United States *[[Battery Park City]], the area around Battery Park in Manhattan, United States *[[Battery Park (Burlington, VT)]] in Vermont, United States *[[Battery Park (Charleston)]], in South Carolina, United States *[[Battery Point, Tasmania]], a suburb of Hobart, Australia *[[Sultan Battery]], in the Wynad District, Kerala State, India ===Music=== *[[Battery (song)|''Battery'' (song)]], a 1986 song by Metallica *[[Battery (band)]], an American hardcore band *[[Battery 9]], a South African musical project *[[Battery (drumline)]], a section within a modern marching drumline ===Others=== *[[Battery (drink)]], a brand of beverage *"battery" (or "stamp battery") is a synonym for [[stamp mill]] ==Etymology== "Battery" is derived from [[French language|French]] ''batterie'', from the verb French ''battre'', Late [[Latin]] ''battuere'' = "to [[wiktionary:beat|beat]]", of [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] origin, compare [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] ''bēatan''. Many of its modern uses arose as generalisations of the meaning [[artillery battery]]. {{disambig}} [[ca:Bateria]] [[cs:Baterie]] [[da:Batteri]] [[de:Batterie (Begriffsklärung)]] [[es:Batería]] [[eu:Bateria]] [[fr:Batterie]] [[ko:배터리]] [[it:Batteria]] [[he:סוללה]] [[lt:Baterija (reikšmės)]] [[nl:Batterij]] [[ja:バッテリー]] [[pl:Bateria]] [[pt:Bateria]] [[ro:Baterie (dezambiguizare)]] [[ru:Батарея]] [[sk:Batéria]] [[sl:Baterija]] [[sr:Батерија (вишезначна одредница)]] [[fi:Patteri]] [[uk:Батарея]] [[zh:巴特里]]