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by MichaelCollins 1422 days ago
Battery.. packs? The cells are the batteries.

It's like conflating gasoline with gasoline tanks.
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HPsquared 1421 days ago
A battery is a bunch of cells. Etymology is from an earlier meaning, artillery battery (a bunch of cannons together acting as a unit).
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imtringued 1420 days ago
battery comes from the verb "to batter", which basically means "to bombard"
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