dry battery

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. a dry cell or a voltaic battery consisting of a number of dry cells.

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dry battery British  

noun

1. an electric battery consisting of two or more dry cells

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Etymology

Origin of dry battery

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

"When something is revolutionary, there's a lot of unknowns that have to be resolved," he said, referring to the dry battery electrode process.

From Reuters

Since the compilation of the foregoing pages, a dry battery, known by the above name, has found great favour with electric-bell fitters.

From Project Gutenberg

It was an ordinary pocket lamp, with a dry battery, such as are sold at stores dealing in electrical goods, and she saw, from its size, that it was an unusually powerful one.

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Then he manipulated the voltage of the “B,” or high voltage, dry battery, and also varied the current flowing through the filament by means of a rheostat connected in series with it.

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If an airplane engine is provided with magneto ignition solely, as most engines are at the present time, no attention need be paid to such items as storage or dry batteries, timer or induction coil.

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