Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mercury_cell

1 sense of mercury cell

Sense 1
mercury cell -- (a primary cell consisting of a zinc anode and a cathode of mercury oxide and an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide)
       => voltaic cell, galvanic cell, primary cell -- (an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged)