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, 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, 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