Definition of accent for Students. 1  1 : a way of pronouncing words shared by the people of a particular country or region. 2  2 : greater stress or force given to a syllable of a word in speaking or to a beat in music. 3  3 : a mark (as Ë or Ë) used in writing or printing to show the place of greater stress on a syllable.
For the tortious aspects of battery, see Battery (tort). For other uses of the word battery, see Battery. Battery is a criminal offense involving the unlawful physical acting upon a threat, distinct from assault which is the act of creating apprehension of such contact. In the United States, criminal battery, or simply battery, is the use of force against another, resulting in harmful, offensive or sexual contact.
The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS; Randolph, 1998 ( 1998 ). RBANS manual . San Antonio , TX : The Psychological Corporation . [Google Scholar]) is a standardized dementia battery that was specifically designed for measuring the level of cognitive function in older adults.