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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.


Etymology

Origin of storage cell

First recorded in 1880–85


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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 Otto A. Witte

Let us now consider a single storage cell made up of electrolyte, one positive plate, and one negative plate.

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

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