battery-powered

English

Etymology

From battery +‎ powered.

Adjective

battery-powered (not comparable)

1. Fitted with a battery or batteries, which provide the power to operate the device.
   • 2019 October 23, Rail, pages 26, 27:

     "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.

Synonyms

• battery-operated

Hypernyms

• powered

Translations

powered by battery

• Danish: batteridrevet
• Finnish: akkukäyttöinen, akkutoiminen, akulla toimiva
• French: sur batterie, à piles
• German: batteriebetrieben (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: batteridrevet

  Nynorsk: batteridriven

• Polish: akumulatorowy (pl)