mercury cell

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   a primary cell consisting of a zinc anode and a cathode of mercury oxide and an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide

   Broadervoltaic cell

Questions about mercury cell

What does mercury cell mean?

mercury cell means "a primary cell consisting of a zinc anode and a cathode of mercury oxide and an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide".

Is mercury cell a common word?

mercury 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.