primary cell

Questions about primary cell

What does primary cell mean?

primary 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 primary cell?

Close synonyms include voltaic cell, galvanic 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 primary cell a common word?

primary 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.