galvanic cell

Questions about galvanic cell

What does galvanic cell mean?

galvanic cell means "an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged".

What is another word for galvanic cell?

Close synonyms include voltaic cell, primary cell. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is galvanic cell a common word?

galvanic cell is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.