STORAGE BATTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does storage battery mean? 

• STORAGE BATTERY (noun)
  The noun STORAGE BATTERY has 1 sense:

1. a voltaic battery that stores electric charge

  Familiarity information: STORAGE BATTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STORAGE BATTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A voltaic battery that stores electric charge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

accumulator; storage battery

Hypernyms ("storage battery" is a kind of...):

galvanic battery; voltaic battery (battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel)

Meronyms (parts of "storage battery"):

anode (the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current)

cathode (the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current)

grid; storage-battery grid (a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material)

secondary cell; storage cell (a cell that can be recharged)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "storage battery"):

lead-acid accumulator; lead-acid battery (a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte; each cell generates about 2 volts)

nicad; nickel-cadmium accumulator (a rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode; often used in emergency systems because of its low discharge rate when not in use)

nickel-iron accumulator; nickel-iron battery (a storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide; each cell gives about 1.2 volts)