gravity cell

American  

noun

Electricity.

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

---

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

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

gravity cell

The voltage of a dry cell is approximately 1.5 volts, and the voltage of a voltaic cell and of a gravity cell is approximately 1 volt.

From General Science by Clark, Bertha M.

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.

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 has until recently been extensively used in telegraphy, and continues in use in short-distance telegraphy and in automatic block signals.

From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth

The gravity cell is cheap, easy to construct, and of constant strength, and is in almost universal use in telegraphic work.

From General Science by Clark, Bertha M.