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MERCURY CELL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mercury cell mean?
• MERCURY CELL (noun)
The noun MERCURY CELL has 1 sense:
1. a primary cell consisting of a zinc anode and a cathode of mercury oxide and an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide
Familiarity information: MERCURY CELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A primary cell consisting of a zinc anode and a cathode of mercury oxide and an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mercury cell" is a kind of...):
galvanic cell; primary cell; voltaic cell (an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged)
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