GC: n
CT: In contrast to primary cells, which are discharged once and then discarded, storage batteries can be supplied with direct current (DC) of the correct polarity and recharged to or near their original energy content and power capability—i.e., they can repeatedly store electrical energy.
S: EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/567515/storage-battery (last access: 31 December 2014)
N: 1. Invention of the storage battery by Gaston Planté of France in 1859–60 and its improvement by Camille Faure in 1881 made the electric vehicle possible, and what was probably the first, a tricycle, ran in Paris in 1881. It was followed by other three-wheelers in London (1882) and Boston (1888). The first American battery-powered automobile, built in Des Moines, Iowa, c. 1890, by William Morrison, could maintain a speed of 14 miles (23 km) per hour.
2. accumulator: An electrochemical device that can transform electrical energy into stored chemical energy and by reversing the process, release energy again.
3. A secondary cell is one in which the electrodes and the electrolyte are altered by the chemical action that takes place when the cell delivers current. These cells may be restored to their original condition by forcing an electric current through them in the direction opposite to that of discharge. The automobile storage battery is a common example of the secondary cell.
S: 1. EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/567515/storage-battery (last access: 31 December 2014). 2 & 3. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 31 December 2014).
SYN: 1. storage cell, secondary cell, rechargeable cell, secondary battery, rechargeable battery, accumulator. 2. accumulator, A, storage cell, secondary cell.
S: 1. GDT (last access: 31 December 2014). 2. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 31 December 2014).
