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

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standard cell

Additional testing was performed using three-dimensional tumor spheroid models, which more closely resemble real tumors than standard cell cultures.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Nov. 23, 2025

What is the standard cell potential for the battery?

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

Tabulations of standard electrode potentials may be used to compute standard cell potentials, E°cell, for many redox reactions.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

The electromotive force of a Clark standard cell at a temperature of 15 degrees centigrade is 1.434 volts.

From The Story of Electricity by John Munro