Battery

Batteryorbatteriemost often refers to:

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

Batterymay 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 afirearm action

Arts and entertainment

Music

• Battery (electro-industrial band)
• Battery (hardcore punk band)
• "Battery" (song),a song by Metallica from the 1986 albumMaster 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 byNative 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, orstamp 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 withBattery
• All pages with titles containingBattery
• Battery Building,the Simmons Hardware Company Warehouse in Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
• Battery cage,a confinement system for egg-laying chickens (battery hens)