Battery-powered

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Fitted with a battery or batteries, which provide the power to operate the device. not-comparable

    ""These next-generation trams are battery-powered, and designed to operate on new sections of the line between Grand Central and Hagley Road which are free of overhead cables," said West Midlands mayor Andy Street. [...] Catenary-free testing has taken place on the Centenary Square extension; this was the first time battery-powered trams had operated in the UK."

Adjective
  1. 1
    powered by one or more electric batteries wordnet

Synonyms

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battery-operatedelectricalelectrifiedelectrifyingelectrostaticgalvanic

Example

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"I can't wind up my watch. It's battery-powered."

Etymology

From battery + powered.

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