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noun Electricity.

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

Origin:
1870–75

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standard cell

—n
	a voltaic cell producing a constant and accurately known electromotive force that can be used to calibrate voltage-measuring instruments

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