nickel-cadmium accumulator

1. 1.

   a rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode; often used in emergency systems because of its low discharge rate when not in use

   Synonymsnicad

   Broaderstorage battery

Questions about nickel-cadmium accumulator

What does nickel-cadmium accumulator mean?

nickel-cadmium accumulator means "a rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode; often used in emergency systems because of its low discharge rate when not in use".

What is another word for nickel-cadmium accumulator?

Close synonyms include nicad. 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 nickel-cadmium accumulator a common word?

nickel-cadmium accumulator 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.