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ELECTROLYTIC CELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("electrolytic cell" is a kind of...):
cell; electric cell (a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction)
Meronyms (parts of "electrolytic cell"):
anode (a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device)
cathode (a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device)
electrode (a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit)
Antonym:
voltaic cell (an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged)
