nickel-cadmium battery: Meaning and Definition of

nick'el-cad'mi•um bat"tery

Pronunciation: (nik'ul-kad'mē-um), [key]
  1. a storage battery, with an alkaline electrolyte, having nickel oxide as the positive element and cadmium as the negative. Also called
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