An electric cell in which the electrolyte is absorbed in a solid to form a paste, preventing spillage.
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The only equipment needed was the receiver, powered by dry cells.
It operates, rather loudly, on a couple dry cells, and is triggered with a small remote so that you can activate it from across the room without being obvious.
They can run on replaceable dry cells.
Manganese dioxide is used primarily in the manufacture of dry cells.
Over the past three decades we and others have established that they are almost certainly involved in stabilizing the dry cells.
Definition of dry cell in US English:
dry cell
nounˈdrī ˌselˈdraɪ ˌsɛl
An electric cell in which the electrolyte is absorbed in a solid to form a paste, preventing spillage.
干电池
Compare with wet cell
Example sentencesExamples
Manganese dioxide is used primarily in the manufacture of dry cells.
It operates, rather loudly, on a couple dry cells, and is triggered with a small remote so that you can activate it from across the room without being obvious.
They can run on replaceable dry cells.
The only equipment needed was the receiver, powered by dry cells.
Over the past three decades we and others have established that they are almost certainly involved in stabilizing the dry cells.