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 • Nov. 23, 2025

What is the standard cell potential for the battery?

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Notice the negative value of the standard cell potential indicates the process is not spontaneous under standard conditions.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Write the balanced cell reaction for the cell schematic below, calculate the standard cell potential, and note whether the reaction is spontaneous under standard state conditions.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

But to determine at any time the actual value of its readings in volts, it is necessary to standardize it, or determine its scale-value or reduction-factor, by comparison with a standard cell.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various