Leclanché cell
/ (ləˈklɑːnʃeɪ) /
noun
electrical engineering
a primary cell with a carbon anode, surrounded by crushed carbon and manganese dioxide in a porous container, immersed in an electrolyte of aqueous ammonium chloride into which the zinc cathode dips. The common dry battery is a form of Leclanché cell
Word Origin for Leclanché cell
C19: named after Georges
Leclanché (1839–82), French engineer