primary cell
a cell designed to produce electric current through an electrochemical reaction that is not efficiently reversible, so that the cell when discharged cannot be efficiently recharged by an electric current.
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The cell now possesses all the characteristics of a primary cell, and may be used as a source of electricity until "discharged."
The Automobile Storage Battery | O. A. WitteFor an Amœba is nothing but a simple primary cell, a naked little lump of cell-matter, or plasma, containing a kernel.
The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2) | Ernst HaeckelPage 99 This chapter is devoted to the primary cell or battery alone.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 | Kempster MillerA primary cell consists of a vessel containing a liquid in which two dissimilar metal plates are immersed.
Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One | Nehemiah HawkinsThe single fluid cell of Volta with its zinc and copper plates represents the simplest form of primary cell.
Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One | Nehemiah Hawkins
British Dictionary definitions for primary cell
an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by the direct and usually irreversible conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy. It cannot be recharged efficiently by an electric current: Also called: voltaic cell Compare secondary cell
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