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standard cell

noun

, Electricity.
  1. a primary electric cell, as the Weston cell, that produces an accurately known constant voltage: used in scientific measurements.


standard cell

noun

  1. a voltaic cell producing a constant and accurately known electromotive force that can be used to calibrate voltage-measuring instruments
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of standard cell1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

Revolutionarily different than standard cell cultures, which grind up brain tissue to reconstruct as a flat network of cells, Lancaster’s 3D brain organoids were incredibly sophisticated in their recapitulation of the human brain during development.

Then connect a wire to the positive terminal of the standard cell.

Opposite this we mark twice the number of volts of the standard cell.

The volt is the potential or pressure of one cell of battery called a standard cell, made in a certain way.

Now connect our standard cell—one volt—through one ohm resistance and we have a current of one ampère.

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