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Meanings of electrolytic cell in English

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célula eletrolítica

A cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen)

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        Examples for "voltaic cell"
        1
        The action of the thermo-pile, like that of a voltaic cell, can be reversed.
        The Story of Electricity
        2
        On having been verified with a standard voltaic cell the apparatus becomes itself a standard, especially for small electromotive forces.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884.
        3
        The ordinary voltaic cell is made by bringing together certain chemicals, whose reaction maintains the electric currents taken from the cell.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        4
        The electromotive force and current of a thermo-electric couple is very much smaller than that given by an ordinary voltaic cell.
        The Story of Electricity
        5
        He thought that with a single voltaic cell he had obtained the spark before the metals touched, but he subsequently discovered his error.
        Faraday as a Discoverer
        Usage of electrolytic cell in English
        1
        The reason for this unbelievable manifestation of energy was certainly somewhere in the solution, the electrolytic cell, or the steam-bath.
        The Skylark of Space
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