b battery
noun
Simple meaning
Battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
beebatereeSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈbiˈbætɚi
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
datedelectronics
Battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube
datedelectronics
A battery used to provide the plate voltage for a vacuum tube.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: Battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube
Used this way, b battery is an older-sounding word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is an engineering use: it is a working term used for accuracy on the job.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Dated
- Connotation
- Old-fashioned
- Usage feel
- Dated in modern speech
Where it naturally appears
- Technical/specialist writing
- Science
- Historical writing
- Literature/storytelling
Usage note
This meaning still makes sense to most readers, but it sounds a generation behind current usage.
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