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SECONDARY CELL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does secondary cell mean?
• SECONDARY CELL (noun)
The noun SECONDARY CELL has 1 sense:
1. a cell that can be recharged
Familiarity information: SECONDARY CELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cell that can be recharged
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
secondary cell; storage cell
Hypernyms ("secondary cell" is a kind of...):
cell; electric cell (a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction)
Holonyms ("secondary cell" is a part of...):
accumulator; storage battery (a voltaic battery that stores electric charge)
Context examples
This revealed the microscopic detail of the secondary cell wall macrofibrils, which are 1000 times narrower than the width of a human hair.
(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)
Trees such as the giant sequoia can only achieve their vast heights because of these secondary cell walls, which provide a rigid structure around the cells in their trunks.
(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)
The team also imaged the secondary cell walls of Arabidopsis thaliana, an annual plant widely used as the standard reference plant for genetics and molecular biology research.
(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)
Using a collection of Arabidopsis plants with different mutations relating to their secondary cell wall formation, the team was able to study the involvement of specific molecules in the formation and maturation of macrofibrils.
(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)
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