storage battery

American

noun

Electricity.

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

storage battery British

noun

another name (esp US) for accumulator

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Etymology

Origin of storage battery

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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Over the next decade, Lima worked with Seabra, who first joined the project as a graduate student, to improve the sensors, enhancing data storage, battery life, and other attributes.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023

The company that Mr. Bitner co-founded in Munich in 2016, VoltStorage, found some success selling storage battery packs for solar power to homeowners in Europe.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2022

Germany is the world’s top home storage battery market with 300,000 stationary batteries, a market currently led by Solarwatt rival Sonnen, which is part of Shell.

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2021

For them, it may be helpful to explain why the right storage battery could be so crucial to a climate-friendly energy future — whether it is this battery or a better one down the road.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2021

The analogy of the storage battery has been used: ATP represents the charged, ADP the discharged battery.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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