(chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions
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voltaic cell that produces approximately 1.5 volts
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a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, Electrochemistry.a solution that conducts electricity; "the proper amount and distribution of electrolytes in the body is essential for health"
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, Electrochemistry.a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the br…
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, Electrochemistry.an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recha…
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, Electrochemistry.the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, Electrochemistry.a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, Electrochemistry.the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, Electrochemistry.the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, Electrochemistry.a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, Electrochemistry.an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recha…
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, Electrochemistry.a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
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the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: voltaic, cell, produces, approximately, volts.a cell that produces insulin in the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: voltaic, cell, produces, approximately, volts.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: voltaic, cell, produces, approximately, volts.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: voltaic, cell, produces, approximately, volts.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: voltaic, cell, produces, approximately, volts.One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: voltaic, cell, produces, approximately, volts.A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: voltaic, cell, produces, approximately, volts.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: voltaic, cell, produces, approximately, volts.the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: voltaic, cell, produces, approximately, volts.the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: voltaic, cell, produces, approximately, volts.the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: voltaic, cell, produces, approximately, volts.The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoon) to form a single new cell endowed with the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: voltaic, cell, produces, approximately, volts.The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, atte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: voltaic, cell, produces, approximately, volts.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: voltaic, cell, produces, approximately, volts.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
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