storage cell
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- noun
- Specialized
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celda de almacenamiento
- The technician replaced the old battery with a new storage cell to improve the device's performance.
Examples
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After the storm, we relied on a fully charged storage cell to power our emergency lights.
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The cells were so small they looked like storage cells, and it was noted that people had been confined in them for years.
Blog text (20) -
Electric storage cell, no.
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The lead-acid battery has a positive plate, the lead-acid storage cell, which is made of lead peroxide, PbO2.
Academic text (2007) -
Our solar panels charge the storage cell during the day so we can use the energy at night.
Synonyms
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A small device inside a battery that makes electricity
A battery you can recharge and use many times
A small device that makes electricity when its chemicals change
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Morphology
The compound 'storage cell' is a straightforward noun–noun composition where 'storage' (holding) modifies 'cell' (a unit producing electricity), so its meaning 'a cell used to store electrical energy' is directly inferable from the parts. This follows a common compositional pattern found across languages and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words (assuming basic knowledge that 'cell' can refer to a battery unit).
Etymology
The noun storage cell comes from the simple images of storage, meaning keeping something for later, and cell, meaning a small room or unit. Early batteries had small separate units that held electrical power, so a storage cell is a little unit that 'stores' energy to use later.