standard cell

noun

Electricity.

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

standard cell

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of standard cell¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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.

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

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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.

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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.

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Google's Project Fi is an interesting twist on standard cell phone service, one that's full of promise — and it also comes with some surprisingly unique benefits.

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