voltaic cell

Questions about voltaic cell

What does voltaic cell mean?

voltaic 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 voltaic cell?

Close synonyms include galvanic 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.

What is the opposite of voltaic cell?

The recorded antonyms are electrolytic cell.

Is voltaic cell a common word?

voltaic 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.