Battery

Battery most often refers to:

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

Battery may also refer to:

Energy source

• 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 "ready-to-fire" position of a cartridge in a firearm action

Arts and entertainment

Music

• Battery (electro-industrial band)
• Battery (hardcore punk band)
• "Battery" (song), a song by Metallica from the 1986 album Master 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 by Native Instruments

Other uses in arts and entertainment

• Battery (chess), a formation where two pieces on the same file, rank or diagonal (usually rooks and queens) attack the same square
• Battery (novel series), by Atsuko Asano
• Batterie (ballet), a term for jumps in ballet in which the legs open slightly sideways and close multiple times
• Battery Records (disambiguation), the name of several record labels

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, or stamp 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

• The Battery (disambiguation)
• Battery Building, the Simmons Hardware Company Warehouse in Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
• Battery cage, a confinement system for egg-laying chickens (battery hens)