electrode
The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic…The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.
» The positive electrode is called the cathode.
Meaning
2 sensesThe terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.
Elektrode
электро́дelektród
електро́дelektród
A collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device.
- a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit
Examples
5 sentencesThe positive electrode is called the cathode.
I have never understood correctly what electrodes are.
The electrode melted and mixed with the steel.
The negative electrode is usually made of carbon.
An electrolysis is a passage of direct current through an ion-conducting solution, producing a chemical change at the electrodes.
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Origin
Coined by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1833, first used in his Diary (laboratory nCoined by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1833, first used in his Diary (laboratory notebook) from the Ancient Greek words ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”) (from which the word electricity is derived) and ὁδός (hodós, “way”). By surface analysis, electro- + -ode
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Forms
plural: electrodes| Singular | electrode |
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