A battery

English

Noun

A battery (plural A batteries)

(dated, electronics) A battery used to heat the filament or cathode heaters of electron tubes.[1]

Synonyms

filament battery[2]

Related terms

B battery
C battery

Translations

battery to heat the filament of electron tube

Finnish: hehkuparisto
German: Anodenbatterie f

References

Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 1
Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 1

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