battery

battery
A group or series of tests administered for analytic or diagnostic purposes. [M.E. batri, beaten metal, fr. O.Fr. batre, to beat]
- Halstead-Reitan b. a b. of neuropsychological tests (category test, tactual performance test, Seashore test, speech sounds perception test, finger oscillation test, trail-making test, dynamometer to measure strength of grip) used to study brain-behavior functions including determining the effects of brain damage on behavior. SYN: Tactual Performance Test.

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bat·tery 'bat-ə-rē, 'ba-trē n, pl -ter·ies
1 a) a combination of apparatus for producing a single electrical effect
b) a group of two or more cells connected together to furnish electric current also a single cell that furnishes electric current
2) a group or series of tests esp a group of intelligence or personality tests given to a subject as an aid in psychological analysis

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bat·te·ry (batґər-e) 1. a set or series of cells that yield an electric current. 2. any set, series, or grouping of similar things, as a battery of tests.

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