standard cell

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. a primary electric cell, as the Weston cell, that produces an accurately known constant voltage: used in scientific measurements.

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standard cell British  

noun

1. a voltaic cell producing a constant and accurately known electromotive force that can be used to calibrate voltage-measuring instruments

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Etymology

Origin of standard cell

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

The results also suggest that OPA1 inhibitors may have benefits beyond restoring standard cell death pathways.

From Science Daily

The lab tests used to evaluate the effectiveness of the antibodies were derived from what the MIT Technology Review pointed out was a standard cell supply known as HEK 293T.

From Salon

Hills and colleagues devised all the standard cells required to make their computer’s architecture using commercially available, conventional design tools.

From Nature

In standard cells, absorbed sunlight kicks electrons on silicon atoms up to a higher energy level, allowing them to skip across neighboring atoms towards a positively charged electrode.

From Science Magazine

These “HeLa” cells are now the standard cell line for studying cancer and millions of tonnes of them have been grown worldwide: a piece of a person turned into a mass-produced commodity.

From The Guardian