- vorce cell
- \\ˈvō(ə)rs, -ȯ(ə)rs, -ōəs, -ȯ(ə)s-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized VEtymology: after Lafayette Denton Vorce died 1953 American chemical engineer: a cylindrical cell that has graphite anodes and a steel cathode with an asbestos diaphragm and that is used for making sodium hydroxide and chlorine by electrolysis of sodium chloride
Useful english dictionary. 2012.