AA battery
noun
: a battery that is typically used in small electronic devices and that is standardized at 51 mm in length and roughly 14 mm in diameter
called also AA, AA cell, double-A, double-A battery
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Back then, the only limit to my playtime was the number of AA batteries in the house.
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Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
The officials also confirmed that Gold Apollo only manufactured pagers with AA batteries in Taiwan, not lithium batteries as found in the devices used in the attack and examined by Lebanese officials, according to CNN’s sources.
—Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
In 2011, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency unveiled the AeroVironment Nano Hummingbird, a surveillance drone that is 6.5 inches long and lighter than a AA battery.
—Tom Donilon, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2022
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs said in a statement that the pagers were likely modified since the battery used in them has only the capacity of a AA battery.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune Asia, 18 Sep. 2024
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Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
The officials also confirmed that Gold Apollo only manufactured pagers with AA batteries in Taiwan, not lithium batteries as found in the devices used in the attack and examined by Lebanese officials, according to CNN’s sources.
—Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
In 2011, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency unveiled the AeroVironment Nano Hummingbird, a surveillance drone that is 6.5 inches long and lighter than a AA battery.
—Tom Donilon, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2022
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs said in a statement that the pagers were likely modified since the battery used in them has only the capacity of a AA battery.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune Asia, 18 Sep. 2024
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“AA battery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/AA%20battery. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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