Battery or batterie most often refers to: *

Electric battery An electric battery is a source of electric power consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections for powering electrical devices. When a battery is supplying power, its positive Terminal (electronics), terminal is the ...

, 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 Energy storage is the capture of energy produced at one time for use at a later time to reduce imbalances between energy demand and energy production. A device that stores energy is generally called an Accumulator (energy), accumulator or Batte ...

, 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 In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to f ...

, 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 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 The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

, 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 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 Battery Point (; ) is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is immediately south of the central business district. It is in the Local Government Areas of Tasmania, local government area of City of Hobart. Battery Point is name ...

, Australia

Other uses

* Battery (baseball), the pitcher and catcher collectively * Battery, or

stamp mill A stamp mill (or stamp battery or stamping mill) is a type of Mill (grinding), mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than Mill (grinding), grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores. Breaking materia ...

, 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 * Battery (chess), a formation where two pieces on the same file, rank or diagonal (usually rooks and queens) attack the same square