storage battery

noun

: 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

Examples of storage battery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The big picture: Lithium, which is a key metal inside both EV and stationary storage batteries, has seen its price drop by more than 50% over the past year. —Dan Primack, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024

Not including an inverter, cables, or storage batteries, one panel costs as little as €200. —Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2024

The lab will also test storage batteries of the type utilities and industry increasingly use to use renewable sources and buffer demand spikes. —Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2024

In 2020, former U.S. President Donald Trump used the DPA to boost domestic production of rare earth minerals; more recently, Biden used it to increase production of minerals for EV and storage batteries. —Morgan D. Bazilian, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

storage battery

noun

: 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