storage battery

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nounElectricity.

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

Origin of storage battery

First recorded in 1880–85

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How to use storage battery in a sentence

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.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | Various
When a storage battery is recharged, the completion of the recharging is marked by the development of gas in the cell.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | Various
The Faure storage battery was a very important invention, but not nearly so important a one as was at first supposed.
Invention | Bradley A. Fiske
The term "storage battery" is now infrequently used, and the name "secondary" battery is usually substituted.
Steam Steel and Electricity | James W. Steele

Before having her drinks she is unelated and uninformed like a corpse coldly electrified by a storage battery.
I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLane

British Dictionary definitions for storage battery

storage battery

noun

another name (esp US) for accumulator (def. 1)

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