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         Automobile battery: group of similar 
          elements that generates an electric charge. 
          Negative terminal: place where a current conducting wire, the 
          cathode, is attached. 
          Separator: partition that separates the compartments of a battery. 
          Plates and separator: thin, flat, rigid separator sheet. 
          Battery case: casing that protects the parts of a battery. 
          Positive terminal: place where a current-conducting wire, the 
          anode, is attached. 
          Vent caps: row of screwed-on cylindrical pieces that close the 
          openings of a battery. 
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