storage battery

3 ENTRIES FOUND:

storage battery

noun

Definition of STORAGE BATTERY

: a cell or connected group of cells that converts chemical energy into electrical energy by reversible chemical reactions and that may be recharged by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to that of its discharge —called also storage cell

First Known Use of STORAGE BATTERY

1881

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