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sand battery

sand battery noun: an unspillable electrochemical battery whose cells use electrolyte soaked sand – typically used to test telegraph cables at sea.

Noun

sand battery (plural sand batteries)

  1. (historical) An unspillable electrochemical battery whose cells use electrolyte soaked sand – typically used to test telegraph cables at sea.
  2. (historical) A sand fort equipped with an artillery battery, frequently found in coastal defense, usually having organic infantry attached.
  3. (industrial planning) A thermal storage battery which uses sand as the storage medium.

Forms of sand battery

pluralsand batteries

Questions about sand battery

What does sand battery mean?
Sand battery means an unspillable electrochemical battery whose cells use electrolyte soaked sand – typically used to test telegraph cables at sea.
What part of speech is sand battery?
Sand battery is a noun.
What is the plural of sand battery?
The plural of sand battery is sand batteries.

Words near sand battery in the dictionary

  1. sand bass
  2. sand bath
  3. sand bathing
  4. sand baths
  5. sand batteries
  6. sand battery
  7. Sand Beach
  8. sand bean
  9. sand beans
  10. sand bear
  11. sand bears

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