accumulator vs battery

accumulator

noun
  • A wet-cell storage battery. 

  • A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy. 

  • A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively. 

  • A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging. 

  • A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer. 

  • A one way membership function. 

  • One who, or that which, accumulates. 

  • A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure). 

  • One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study. 

  • A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam. 

battery

noun
  • A device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells. A single such cell when used by itself. 

  • The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired. 

  • Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal 

  • A coordinated group of artillery weapons. 

  • The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which includes the threat of impending violence. 

  • A marching percussion ensemble; a drumline. 

  • An array of similar things. 

  • The catcher and the pitcher together 

  • A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs. 

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