A battery

English edit

Noun edit

A battery (plural A batteries)

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

Synonyms edit

filament battery^[2]

Related terms edit

Translations edit

battery to heat the filament of electron tube

Finnish: hehkuparisto
German: Anodenbatterie f

References edit

^ 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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