The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating; the…
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an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged
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The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductor…
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, Electrochemistry.A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.
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 act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.
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.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…
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One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.a measure of the induction between two circuits; the ratio of the electromotive force in a circuit to the corresponding change of curr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.the ratio of the electromotive force produced in a circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it, expressed…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.The act or process of coercing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.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: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.(physics) the potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an elec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric ch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric ch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electric, cell, generates, electromotive, force.The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equ…
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