Battery

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Battery or batterie most often refers to:

• Electric battery, a device that provides electrical power
• Battery (crime), a crime involving unlawful physical contact

Battery may also refer to:

Energy source

• Automotive battery, a device to provide power to certain functions of an automobile
• Battery indicator, a device which gauges the state of charge for electronics
• Energy storage, including batteries that are not electrochemical
• List of battery types

Law

• Battery (tort), a civil wrong in common law of intentional harmful or offensive contact

Military and naval uses

• Artillery battery, an organized group of artillery pieces
  • Main battery, the primary weapons of a warship
  • Secondary battery (artillery), the smaller guns on a warship
• Battery, a position of a cartridge in a firearm action

Arts and entertainment

Music

• Battery (electro-industrial band)
• Battery (hardcore punk band)
• "Battery" (song), a song by Metallica from the 1986 album Master of Puppets
• Drums, which have historically been grouped into ensembles called a battery
  • Drumline, the marching percussion section of a marching ensemble
  • Percussion section, of an orchestra or wind ensemble
• Battery, a software music sampler by Native Instruments

Other uses in arts and entertainment

• Battery (chess), a playing tactic
• Battery (novel series), by Atsuko Asano
• Battery Records (disambiguation), the name of several record labels
• The Battery (disambiguation)#Films, the name of two films

Places

• The Battery (Manhattan), or Battery Park, New York, U.S.
• The Battery (disambiguation), the name of several places
• Battery Island, Tasmania, Australia
• Battery Park (disambiguation), the name of several places
• Battery Point, Tasmania, Australia

Other uses

• Battery (baseball), the pitcher and catcher collectively
• Battery, or stamp mill, a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding
• Battery (drink), a brand of energy drinks in Finland
• Battery Ventures, an investment firm

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Battery
• All pages with titles containing Battery
• Battery Building, the Simmons Hardware Company Warehouse in Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
• Battery cage, a confinement system for egg-laying chickens (battery hens)

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