fuel cell
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4.5
- noun
- /fjul sɛl/
- Specialized
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pila de combustible
- 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
There 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.
Academic text (1994) -
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.
Academic text (1994) -
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
148
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
A small device that makes electricity when its chemicals change
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
A set of cells that make electricity when chemicals react
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.