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storage battery

noun

, Electricity.
  1. a voltaic battery consisting of two or more storage cells.


storage battery

noun

  1. another name (esp US) for accumulator
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of storage battery1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

The Bell and Tainter machine was operated by a storage battery and this was an inconvenient and expensive form of power.

When a storage battery is recharged, the completion of the recharging is marked by the development of gas in the cell.

The Faure storage battery was a very important invention, but not nearly so important a one as was at first supposed.

The term "storage battery" is now infrequently used, and the name "secondary" battery is usually substituted.

Before having her drinks she is unelated and uninformed like a corpse coldly electrified by a storage battery.

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