a voltaic cell producing a constant and accurately known electromotive force that can be used to calibrate voltage-measuring instruments
standard cell in American English
noun
Electricity
a primary electric cell, as the Weston cell, that produces an accurately known constant voltage: used in scientific measurements
Word origin
[1870–75]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Mafia, asymmetric, fifth wheel, giveaway, linkage
Examples of 'standard cell' in a sentence
standard cell
The facilities would be secure but would not be the same as standard cell design, it added.