ANSI C18
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ANSI C18 is a set of American National Standards that define the dimensions, performance, and safety requirements for portable primary and secondary batteries, including common consumer sizes like AAA cells.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ANSI C18 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7044445 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ANSI C18 Context triple: [AAA battery, standardizedBy, ANSI C18]
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A.
ISO/IEC 9899
ISO/IEC 9899 is the international standard that defines the C programming language’s syntax, semantics, and library.
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Clang
Clang is a modern, open-source C, C++, and Objective-C compiler front end for the LLVM project, known for its fast compilation, expressive diagnostics, and modular design.
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C.
ANSI
ANSI is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development and coordination of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, and systems in the United States.
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D.
C Branch
The C Branch is a light rail service of Boston's MBTA Green Line that runs along Beacon Street between downtown Boston and the Cleveland Circle area of Brighton.
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E.
Algol 68C
Algol 68C is a compiler implementation of the Algol 68 programming language, designed to translate its advanced structured constructs into executable machine code.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ANSI C18 Target entity description: ANSI C18 is a set of American National Standards that define the dimensions, performance, and safety requirements for portable primary and secondary batteries, including common consumer sizes like AAA cells.
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A.
ISO/IEC 9899
ISO/IEC 9899 is the international standard that defines the C programming language’s syntax, semantics, and library.
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B.
Clang
Clang is a modern, open-source C, C++, and Objective-C compiler front end for the LLVM project, known for its fast compilation, expressive diagnostics, and modular design.
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C.
ANSI
ANSI is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development and coordination of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, and systems in the United States.
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D.
C Branch
The C Branch is a light rail service of Boston's MBTA Green Line that runs along Beacon Street between downtown Boston and the Cleveland Circle area of Brighton.
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E.
Algol 68C
Algol 68C is a compiler implementation of the Algol 68 programming language, designed to translate its advanced structured constructs into executable machine code.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American National Standard
ⓘ
battery standard ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure interchangeability of batteries
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ensure reliable battery performance ⓘ promote user safety ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
consumer batteries
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industrial batteries ⓘ portable primary batteries ⓘ portable secondary batteries ⓘ |
| classification | C18 series ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| covers |
alkaline batteries
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button cell batteries ⓘ cylindrical batteries ⓘ lithium primary batteries ⓘ nickel-cadmium batteries ⓘ nickel-metal hydride batteries ⓘ prismatic batteries ⓘ zinc-carbon batteries ⓘ |
| defines |
dimensions of portable batteries
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performance requirements of portable batteries ⓘ safety requirements of portable batteries ⓘ |
| governs |
battery packaging safety requirements
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safety labeling for batteries ⓘ |
| includes |
ANSI C18.1
NERFINISHED
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ANSI C18.2 NERFINISHED ⓘ ANSI C18.3 NERFINISHED ⓘ ANSI C18.4 NERFINISHED ⓘ ANSI C18.5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesBatterySize |
9V
ⓘ
AA ⓘ AAA ⓘ C ⓘ D ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| publisher |
NEMA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Electrical Manufacturers Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates |
abuse and misuse test conditions for batteries
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maximum dimensions of battery cells ⓘ minimum performance criteria for batteries ⓘ |
| sector | electrical and electronics industry ⓘ |
| standardizes |
battery marking requirements
ⓘ
battery size designations ⓘ battery terminal configurations ⓘ battery test methods ⓘ |
| usedBy |
battery manufacturers
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device manufacturers ⓘ testing laboratories ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ANSI C18 Description of subject: ANSI C18 is a set of American National Standards that define the dimensions, performance, and safety requirements for portable primary and secondary batteries, including common consumer sizes like AAA cells.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
AAA battery