Battery

A beating or wrongful physical violence. The threat to use force is an "assault;" the actual use of force is a battery, which usually includes an assault.

An energy storage device composed of one or more electrolyte cells.

Two or more electrochemical cells enclosed in a container and electrically interconnected in an appropriate series and/or parallel arrangement to provide the required operating voltage and current levels. Under common usage, the term battery also applies to a single cell if it constitutes the entire electrochemical storage system.

Tactical and administrative artillery unit or subunit corresponding to a company or a similar unit in other branches of the Army. 29