VOLTAIC CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does voltaic cell mean? 

• VOLTAIC CELL (noun)
  The noun VOLTAIC CELL has 1 sense:

1. an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged

  Familiarity information: VOLTAIC CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOLTAIC CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

galvanic cell; primary cell; voltaic cell

Hypernyms ("voltaic cell" is a kind of...):

cell; electric cell (a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction)

Meronyms (parts of "voltaic cell"):

anode (the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current)

cathode (the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voltaic cell"):

Leclanche cell (voltaic cell that produces approximately 1.5 volts)

mercury cell (a primary cell consisting of a zinc anode and a cathode of mercury oxide and an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide)

standard cell (a primary cell used as a standard of electromotive force)

wet cell (a primary voltaic cell having a liquid electrolyte)

Holonyms ("voltaic cell" is a part of...):

galvanic battery; voltaic battery (battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel)

Antonym:

electrolytic cell (a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen))