3 definitions found for storage battery

storage battery n 1: a voltaic battery that stores electric charge [syn: storage battery, accumulator]

storage battery noun Date: 1881 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

Storage Stor"age, n. 1. The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse. 2. Space for the safe keeping of goods. 3. The price changed for keeping goods in a store. Storage battery. (Physics) See the Note under Battery.