Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

downs cell

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: down-s -cell
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An electrochemical cell with a carbon anode, an iron cathode, and a liquid sodium chloride electrolyte, used for the commercial preparation of metallic sodium.

Etymology

Invented in 1923 by the American chemist James Cloyd Downs (1885–1957).

Inflected Forms

Downs cells (plural)

Questions

What does downs cell mean?: An electrochemical cell with a carbon anode, an iron cathode, and a liquid sodium chloride electrolyte, used for the commercial preparation of metallic sodium.
Where does downs cell come from?: Invented in 1923 by the American chemist James Cloyd Downs (1885–1957).

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