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noun Electricity.

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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Also called secondary cell, storage battery.

Origin of storage cell

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby storage cell

stop-work, storable, storage, storage battery, storage capacity, storage cell, storage device, storage disease, storage heater, storage organ, storage polysaccharide

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How to use storage cell in a sentence

The circuit through the transmitter also includes a voltaic or storage cell and the primary coil of an induction coil.
Physics|Willis Eugene Tower
A screw stirrer is provided, and the whole apparatus is immersed in kerosene in the glass box of a storage cell.
On Laboratory Arts|Richard Threlfall
Suppose I hadn't been working with a storage cell that gave only four amperes at two volts?
The Skylark of Space|Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
In Fig. 416 is illustrated a storage cell employing a glass container and having fifteen plates.
Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2|Kempster Miller

Let us now consider a single storage cell made up of electrolyte, one positive plate, and one negative plate.
The Automobile Storage Battery|O. A. Witte