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electric cell
- A device, such as a battery, that is capable of changing some form of energy, such as chemical energy or radiant energy, into electricity.
- Also called voltaic cell
- ◆ An electric cell that converts light energy into electrical energy using the photoelectric effect is called a photoelectric or photovoltaic cell ; such cells are used in the generation of solar power and are called solar cells .
- See also galvanic
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Nothing, that is, except an electric cell and a few drops of the unknown solution.
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Half the light is deflected on this screen, with a delicate photo-electric cell at its center.
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These considerations will show that the eye is practically a photo-electric cell.
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For a high degree of accuracy in determining stellar magnitudes the photo-electric cell is unsurpassed.
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And we arrive at a typical photo-electric cell (fig. 98, b).
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