storage cell
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of storage cell
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
In the storage cell used on the automobile today for starting and lighting, the electrodes are lead and peroxide of lead, and the electrolyte is a mixture of sulphuric acid and water.
From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.
A screw stirrer is provided, and the whole apparatus is immersed in kerosene in the glass box of a storage cell.
From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard
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