"battery-powered" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From battery + powered. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|battery|powered}} battery + powered Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} battery-powered (not comparable)
  1. Fitted with a battery or batteries, which provide the power to operate the device. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: battery-operated Hypernyms: powered Translations (powered by battery): batteridrevet (Danish), akkukäyttöinen (Finnish), akkutoiminen (Finnish), akulla toimiva (Finnish), sur batterie (French), à piles (French), batteriebetrieben (German), batteridrevet (Norwegian Bokmål), batteridriven (Norwegian Nynorsk), akumulatorowy (Polish)
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      "sense": "powered by battery",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "powered by battery",
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      "sense": "powered by battery",
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      "sense": "powered by battery",
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      "sense": "powered by battery",
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      "word": "batteridriven"
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