storage battery

noun

, Electricity.

1. a voltaic battery consisting of two or more storage cells.
2. storage cell.

storage battery

noun

1. another name (esp US) for accumulator

Word History and Origins

Origin of storage battery¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Thanks to their high concentration of carbon fibers, they have the potential to function as storage batteries.

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

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

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

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

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

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