primary cell

noun

, Electricity.

a cell designed to produce electric current through an electrochemical reaction that is not efficiently reversible, so that the cell when discharged cannot be efficiently recharged by an electric current.

primary cell

See secondary cell
an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by the direct and usually irreversible conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy. It cannot be recharged efficiently by an electric current Also calledvoltaic cell Compare secondary cell

First recorded in 1900–05

The cell now possesses all the characteristics of a primary cell, and may be used as a source of electricity until "discharged."

For an Amœba is nothing but a simple primary cell, a naked little lump of cell-matter, or plasma, containing a kernel.

Page 99 This chapter is devoted to the primary cell or battery alone.

A primary cell consists of a vessel containing a liquid in which two dissimilar metal plates are immersed.

The single fluid cell of Volta with its zinc and copper plates represents the simplest form of primary cell.

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