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View synonyms for dry battery
dry battery
noun
, Electricity.
- a dry cell or a voltaic battery consisting of a number of dry cells.
dry battery
noun
- an electric battery consisting of two or more dry cells
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dry battery1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
If all these alternatives are lacking there is the electric flash lamp working with the dry battery.
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It was the same kind, made with the same storage dry battery, that ran his train and lighted the Teddy bear's eyes.
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The Gassner dry battery polarizes much less quickly than the ordinary Leclanch.
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A dry battery will do, but if you use the sounder much, an open-circuit battery will soon use itself up.
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If you wish to use the buzzer simply to call some one occasionally, a dry battery or Leclanché cell is best.
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