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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But the economics improve if you add a storage battery to your system, which would let you draw less power from the utility grid during costly peak hours after the sun goes down.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2023

Japan will provide as much as $1.8 billion in subsidies for a slate of storage battery and chip-related projects, Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Friday, marking Tokyo's latest push towards greater supply chain security.

From Reuters • Apr. 28, 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

The hub also spun out multiple startups, he says, including one that is building an iron-based grid storage battery for an electric utility in Minnesota.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 11, 2021

It weighed as much as a storage battery.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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