fuel cell
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4.5
- noun
- /fjul sɛl/
- Specialized
- Operation of a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle would emit only water and no local pollutants.
- PEM fuel cell
- hydrogen fuel cell
- solid-oxide fuel cell
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Watch on YouTubeThere is reason to think that one day we will move to hydrogen fuel cell cars.
- There is reason to think that one day we will move to hydrogen fuel cell cars.
- So basically Renault makes vehicles and trucks, Plug makes hydrogen fuel cells.
- I mean, the work that we've done on hydrogen fuel cells suggests no.
- And obviously it's also very important to in the applications of fuel cells because we can now use this defective crystallize into these reactions.
Examples
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Of the primary uses for a fuel cell, the automobile application is the most difficult.
Academic text (1994) -
Several projects are underway that promise to drive the long-awaited fuel cell into mainstream applications.
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And a new fuel cell is not going to fix that.
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We're trying for another fuel cell.
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Give me all six fuel cells.
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We'll need to replace these spent fuel cells.
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There is reason to think that one day we will move to hydrogen fuel cell cars.
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Toyota says, "Fuel cell cars, 30 years away."
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The emerging technology of fuel cells is rising to meet the challenge.
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The command and service module was powered by three fuel cells that generated electricity by mixing hydrogen and oxygen.
Synonyms
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2.9
A device that produces electricity to power machines and tools
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3.9
A small device inside a battery that makes electricity
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3.0
A device that stores electricity to power things like remote controls
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4.0
A small device that makes electricity when its chemicals change
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7.4
A set of cells that make electricity when chemicals react
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6.7
A device that makes electricity from a reaction between two metals and cannot be charged again
A device that makes electricity when chemicals react and cannot be recharged
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'fuel' (material used to produce energy) and 'cell' (a unit/device producing electricity), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a unit that generates electricity using a fuel. This is a regular, non-idiomatic noun–noun compound common across languages; while full technical details require domain knowledge, the basic sense is immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Fuel cell comes from a simple picture: a small cell where fuel and oxygen meet and make electricity, like a tiny power factory. That's why it means 'a device' that makes electricity from fuel.