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out-of-battery

out-of-battery adjective: in firearms and artillery, having a condition in which a live round is at least partially in the firing chamber and capable of being fired, but is not properly secured by the usual mechanism of that particular weapon.

Adjective

out-of-battery (not comparable)

  1. In firearms and artillery, having a condition in which a live round is at least partially in the firing chamber and capable of being fired, but is not properly secured by the usual mechanism of that particular weapon.
    • An out-of-battery discharge can produce a catastrophic failure of the weapon.
  2. In battery-powered electronics, devoid of any power.
    • My flashlight is out-of-battery.

Forms of out-of-battery

alternative formout of battery

Questions about out-of-battery

What does out-of-battery mean?
Out-of-battery means in firearms and artillery, having a condition in which a live round is at least partially in the firing chamber and capable of being fired, but is not properly secured by the usual mechanism of that particular weapon.
What part of speech is out-of-battery?
Out-of-battery is an adjective.

Words near out-of-battery in the dictionary

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  2. out-Musliming
  3. out-Muslims
  4. out-of-band
  5. out-of-band signaling
  6. out-of-battery
  7. out-of-body
  8. out-of-body experience
  9. out-of-body experiences
  10. out-of-bounds
  11. out-of-box experience

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