"dry cell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dry cells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dry cell (plural dry cells)
  1. Any electrochemical cell whose electrolyte is a solid or stiff paste Wikipedia link: dry cell Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (cell): 乾電池 /干电池 (gāndiànchí) (Chinese Mandarin), kuivaparisto (Finnish), kuivakenno (Finnish), pile sèche [feminine] (French)

Inflected forms

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