NICKEL-IRON BATTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nickel-iron battery mean? 

• NICKEL-IRON BATTERY (noun)
  The noun NICKEL-IRON BATTERY has 1 sense:

1. a storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide; each cell gives about 1.2 volts

  Familiarity information: NICKEL-IRON BATTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NICKEL-IRON BATTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide; each cell gives about 1.2 volts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

nickel-iron accumulator; nickel-iron battery

Hypernyms ("nickel-iron battery" is a kind of...):

accumulator; storage battery (a voltaic battery that stores electric charge)