galvanic cell
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1. an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | cell, electric cell, |
| definition | : | a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | leclanche cell, |
| definition | : | voltaic cell that produces approximately 1.5 volts (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mercury cell, |
| definition | : | a primary cell consisting of a zinc anode and a cathode of mercury oxide and an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | standard cell, |
| definition | : | a primary cell used as a standard of electromotive force (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | wet cell, |
| definition | : | a primary voltaic cell having a liquid electrolyte (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | anode, |
| definition | : | the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | cathode, |
| definition | : | the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current (noun.artifact) |
| antonym | : | electrolytic cell, |
| definition | : | a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen) (noun.artifact) |
| antonym | : | electrolytic cell, |
| definition | : | a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen) (noun.artifact) |
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