electric battery - a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or seriesA battery - battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube B battery - battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube C battery - battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube electrode - a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit terminal, pole - a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves |