"fuel cell" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfjuː(ə)l sɛl/ [UK] Forms: fuel cells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fuel cell (plural fuel cells)
  1. (energy) An electrochemical device in which the intrinsic chemical free energy of fuel and oxidant is catalytically converted to direct current energy. Categories (topical): Energy Translations (electrochemical device): brændselscelle [common-gender] (Danish), brandstofcel [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), polttokenno (Finnish), Brennstoffzelle [feminine] (German), üzemanyagcella (Hungarian), 燃料電池 (nenryō denchi) (alt: ねんりょうでんち) (Japanese), 연료전지 (yeollyojeonji) (Korean), brenselcelle [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), brenselcelle [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ogniwo paliwowe [neuter] (Polish), то́пливный элемент (tóplivnyj element) [masculine] (Russian), palivový článok (Slovak), pila de combustible (Spanish), célula de combustible (Spanish), bränslecell [common-gender] (Swedish), yakıt hücresi (Turkish), па́ливний елеме́нт (pályvnyj elemént) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fuel_cell-en-noun-JBZ6UwL0 Disambiguation of Energy: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Topics: business, energy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'electrochemical device': 95 5
  2. (energy) Synonym of fuel tank: A fuel storage tank. Synonyms: fuel tank [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: enzymatic fuel cell
    Sense id: en-fuel_cell-en-noun-F3zSya5b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Topics: business, energy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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