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Definition of Car battery

1. Noun. A lead-acid storage battery in a motor vehicle; usually a 12-volt battery of six cells; the heart of the car's electrical system.

Definition of Car battery

1. Noun. A 12 volt battery used to start an automobile ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Car Battery

Literary usage of Car battery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Picturecology: A Picture Book for "Living Lightly on the Earth" by High Moon (1998)
"... fresh water to bring water back to environmental standard levels (lead: 0.01 mg/l) after being contaminated by the lead found in just one car battery? ..."

2. New York Tunnel Extension, the Pennsylvania Railroad: Description of the by American Society of Civil Engineers (1910)
"Eighteen car battery charging rheostats; 34 ultimately. Equipment of Boiler-House Section: Three 500-hp water-tube boilers, with chain-grate stokers. ..."

3. Modern Cavalry: Studies on Its Role in the Warfare of To-day with Notes on by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (1922)
"An example of the combined use of cavalry and armored cars in the advance guard is found in the action of the 2oth Lancers and Armored car battery moving ..."

4. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"... storage-battery car. Battery, Electric.—A general name applied to the combination, as a single source, of a number of separate electric sources. ..."

5. Read & Understand Science Grades 4-6 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Ana Shirazi, Delana Heidrich, Judith Herbst, Kathleen Simpson (2005)
"An electric car's battery needs to be recharged every 100 miles or so. If the car's driver turns on the radio or lights, the car needs to be recharged even ..."

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