Leclanché cell

noun

Le·​clan·​ché cell

lə¦kläⁿ¦shā-

: a zinc-carbon primary cell whose exciting liquid is a solution of sal ammoniac

Word History

Etymology

after Georges Leclanché †1882 French chemist

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