storage cell

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. a cell whose energy can be renewed by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to that of the flow of current generated by the cell.

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Etymology

Origin of storage cell

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

It took him more than 50,000 botched experiments to invent the alkaline storage cell battery and 9,000 to perfect the light bulb.

From Time • Oct. 24, 2017

The usual type of storage cell contains sheets of spongy lead separated from sheets of spongy lead peroxide in a weak solution of sulphuric acid.

From Time Magazine Archive

Inside this hand are "the works": an amplifier to magnify the body's muscle currents about 20,000 times, a storage cell, an electric motor and some gears.

From Time Magazine Archive

You may want some for a storage cell.

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 faster these are changed into lead sulphate and water, the shorter will be the time that the storage cell can furnish a current, or the sooner it will be discharged.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.