Meanings
- not comparableFitted with a battery or batteries, which provide the power to operate the device.
1 more example
"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.
2019 October 23, Rail, pages 26, 27Synonyms: battery-operated
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFitted with a battery or batteries, which provide the power to operate the device.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivepowered by one or more electric batteries
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Danish batteridrevet
- batteridrevetpowered by battery
Finnish akkukäyttöinen, akkutoiminen
- akkukäyttöinenpowered by battery
- akkutoiminenpowered by battery
- akulla toimivapowered by battery
French sur batterie, à piles
- sur batteriepowered by battery
- à pilespowered by battery
German batteriebetrieben
- batteriebetriebenpowered by battery
Norwegian Bokmål batteridrevet
- batteridrevetpowered by battery
Polish akumulatorowy
- akumulatorowypowered by battery
Cite this entry
battery-powered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battery-powered
“battery-powered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battery-powered. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “battery-powered,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battery-powered.
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