air cell

English

Noun

air cell (plural air cells)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see air cell.

   An air cell formed as the egg cooled and dried

2. (medicine) A terminal dilation of the bronchiole in lungs or similar organs where gas exchange occurs.
3. (medicine) Spaces that contain air in the bones of the skull.
4. (mechanical engineering) A prechamber in an indirect injection internal combustion engine.
5. (electrical engineering) An electrochemical cell that uses air as a terminal, such as the metal-air electrochemical cell.

Translations

air pocket at the bottom end of an egg

• Dutch: luchtkamer f
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• Irish: aerchill f

Further reading

• “air cell”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Callier, Carelli, Carlile, Leclair