"local battery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: local batteries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} local battery (plural local batteries)
  1. In telegraphy, the source of power that actuates the telegraphic station recording instruments, as distinguished from the source of power that furnishes current to the line.
    Sense id: en-local_battery-en-noun-vBL7upFa
  2. In telephony, a source of local power for a telephone instrument, as opposed to being powered from the central office. Translations (A source of local power for a telephone instrument): paikallisparisto (Finnish), Sprechstellenschaltung (German)
    Sense id: en-local_battery-en-noun-Q3C4X36X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of 'A source of local power for a telephone instrument': 26 74

Inflected forms

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