gravity cell

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.

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gravity cell British  

noun

1. an electrolytic cell in which the electrodes lie in two different electrolytes, which are separated into two layers by the difference in their relative densities

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Example Sentences

These are connected in series and the positive terminal binding-post on the storage cell is connected to the wire leading from the copper plate in the gravity cell.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

For example, the simple voltaic cell and the gravity cell have approximately equal voltages, but the current produced by the voltaic cell is stronger than that produced by the gravity cell.

From General Science by Clark, Bertha M.

One of the best-known cells in which weakening of the current is prevented by chemical means is the so-called gravity cell.

From General Science by Clark, Bertha M.

This apparatus is good to work a gravity cell when it needs regulating.

From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)

The gravity cell is really a two-fluid cell in which the two liquids are kept separate by the joint action of the current and the force of gravity.

From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)