| 释义 |
Floating battery
| (Mil.) | a battery erected on rafts or the hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the bombardment of a place. |
See also: Floating floating battery
floating battery[¦flōd·iŋ ′bad·ə·rē] (electricity) A storage battery connected permanently in parallel with another power source; the battery normally handles only small charging or discharging currents, but takes over the entire load upon failure of the main supply. |