"fuel cell" meaning in English

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Noun

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)
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  2. (energy) Synonym of fuel tank: A fuel storage tank. Synonyms: fuel tank [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fuel_cell-en-noun-F3zSya5b Topics: business, energy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (energy) Synonym of fuel tank: A fuel storage tank.
    (motor racing) A fuel tank with a flexible inner liner to reduce the risk of puncture.
    Categories (topical): Motor racing
    Sense id: en-fuel_cell-en-noun-Fx9NeusO Topics: business, energy, hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, racing, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: enzymatic fuel cell

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "electrochemical device",
      "word": "célula de combustible"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "electrochemical device",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bränslecell"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "electrochemical device",
      "word": "yakıt hücresi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pályvnyj elemént",
      "sense": "electrochemical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́ливний елеме́нт"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fuel cell"
}

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