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Definition of Electrode
1. Noun. A conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit.
Group relationships: Battery, Electric Battery, Electrolytic Cell, Electronic Equipment, Electron Tube, Thermionic Tube, Thermionic Vacuum Tube, Thermionic Valve, Tube, Vacuum Tube
Generic synonyms: Conductor
Definition of Electrode
1. n. The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current.
Definition of Electrode
1. Noun. the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit ¹
2. Noun. a collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Electrode
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Electrode
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Electrode
Literary usage of Electrode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"Electrode, Brush A therapeutic electrode fashioned like a wire brush or other
... Electrode, Clay — —A therapeutic electrode of clay shaped to fit the part ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"Electrode potentials in developers. the oxidation of the developer, but it is
evident that the later portion the curve, where the potential is becoming more ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"If both of the electrodes were hot, then the current, as the EMF was increased,
attained a nearly constant value. Cooling the positive electrode by raising ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The positive light, on the other hand, gradually draws inwards, till at last it
is only a star on the end of the electrode, which now disintegrates, ..."
5. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"For use as a normal electrode both electrodes are made of (eg) mercury covered
with calomel, and a dropping funnel is fitted into a third aperture in the ..."
6. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"All that is needed is a special electrode for introduction into the bowel and an
ordinary roller electrode. The rectal electrode consists of a 6-inch wire ..."
7. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach (1920)
"The platinum electrode is coated with a layer of platinum black which is ...
Hydrogen is readily soluble in platinum black so that such an electrode is ..."
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