Definition of anode Anode
/æˈnowˌd/ - [anowd] - an•ode
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What does anode mean?
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NounPlural: anodes |
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| anode - a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device | ||
| cathode a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device | ||
| electrode a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit | ||
| electrolytic cell a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen) | ||
| electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, vacuum tube, tube conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases | ||
| anode - the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current | ||
| terminal, pole station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | ||
| storage battery, accumulator a voltaic battery that stores electric charge | ||
| galvanic cell, primary cell, voltaic cell an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged | ||
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- anode (Noun)
The electrode of an electrochemical cell at which oxidation occurs. - anode (Noun)
The electrode through which current flows into a device or cell. - anode (Noun)
The terminal through which current flows into a diode when current is in the forward direction regardless of the direction the current is actually flowing.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- anode (n.)
The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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anode
The electron-absorbing electrode of an electron tube. -
anode
The negative terminal of a galvanic cell -
anode
The positive terminal of an electrolytic cell.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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anode
an′ōd, n. a term in electrolysis introduced by Faraday to designate the positive pole, or that surface by which the galvanic current enters the body undergoing decomposition (electrolyte)—as opp. to Cathode, the negative pole. [Gr. ana, up, hodos, way.]
Electrical DictionaryThe Standard Electrical Dictionary 💡
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anode
The positive terminal in a broken metallic or true conducting circuit; the terminal connected to the carbon plate of a galvanic battery or to its equivalent in case of any other generator. In general practice it is restricted to the positive terminal in a decomposition or electrolytic cell, such as the nickel anode in a nickel-plating bath or the anode of platinum in a gas voltameter. It is the terminal out of or from which the current is supposed to flow through the decomposition cell. In electro-therapeutics the term is used simply to indicate the positive terminal. In an electrolytic cell the electro-negative substance or anion goes to the anode. Hence, it is the one dissolved, if either are attacked. The nickel, copper or silver anodes of the electroplater dissolve in use and keep up the strength of the bath. The platinum anode in a gas voltameter is unattacked because the anion cannot act upon it chemically.
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🔤- anode, noun, singular of anodes.
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