battery
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈbætəri/
- Specialized
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batería de pruebas
- All 20 participants (100%) completed an assessment battery at three time points over a 3-month period.
- a battery of tests
- a battery of assessments
- administer a battery
It doesn't matter which battery of tests you use.
- It doesn't matter which battery of tests you use.
- All right, well, Matt, Rory has a Series A battery of trivia questions for you.
Examples
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I remember a psychologist at school gave him this battery of tests.
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Children were assessed repeatedly on a comprehensive battery of cognitive, academic, social, and problem behavior indices.
Academic text (2012) -
As you know, we ran an extensive battery of new tests.
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I looked over your paperwork... ...and I think we should immediately start a full battery of tests.
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Such data are available from a battery of annual surveys conducted by the American Institute of Physics.
Academic text (1993) -
Total testing time for the larger battery of assessments was approximately 60 to 90 minutes per child.
Academic text (2015) -
We're still running a battery of tests and I'm waiting to hear from Dr. Pullman.
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At study entry, participants completed a battery of cognitive, language, and preliteracy tests over a period of 5 days.
Academic text (2013) -
In the first stage, 393 preschool children were assessed on a battery of early numeracy tasks.
Academic text (2015) -
The president is about to undergo a battery of tests in his annual physical exam.
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.9
A rechargeable device with lead plates and weak sulphuric acid used in cars and for backup power
- NSFW
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9.9
A slang name for LSD, a drug that makes people see or hear things that are not real
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3.4
A large pack that stores electricity to power an electric car and control how far it can go
- Specialized
A small source of electricity used in devices like radios or flashlights that has no liquid
- Specialized
A large rechargeable device that stores electric energy to drive an electric or hybrid car and power its systems
- Specialized
A rechargeable device that stores electric energy to start a car and run its lights and radio
- Archaic
A power source used in old radios to give positive voltage to a vacuum tube plate
- Specialized
A battery you can charge again made from nickel and iron that lasts a long time
- Archaic
A machine with heavy metal hammers that crushes quartz rock to get gold and other minerals
- Specialized
A device with many small panels that changes sunlight into electricity
- Specialized
A metal plate with holes that conducts electricity and holds the battery material
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word battery for a set of similar items comes from the idea of things arranged together like a military battery, so a 'battery' of tests or questions means several similar things used as a set.