microbial fuel cell

noun

A bio-electrochemical system that drives a current by mimicking bacterial interactions found in nature.

Meanings

nounmicrobial fuel cell (plural microbial fuel cells)

plural microbial fuel cells

  1. biologyA bio-electrochemical system that drives a current by mimicking bacterial interactions found in nature.

    Synonyms: biological fuel cell

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA bio-electrochemical system that drives a current by mimicking bacterial interactions found in nature.

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