Definition of electrodes Electrodes

/ɪlɛˈktɹowdz/ - [ilektrowdz] -

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Noun Plural: electrodes
electrode - a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit
		conductor a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
		electric battery, battery an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
		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)
		electronic equipment equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)
		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 a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
		base a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"
		cathode a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device
		collector the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
		electron gun the electrode that is the source of electrons in a cathode-ray tube or electron microscope; consists of a cathode that emits a stream of electrons and the electrostatic or electromagnetic apparatus that focuses it
		emitter the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate

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electrode (Noun)
The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.
electrode (Noun)
A collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device.

electrode (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.

electrode
A conductor through which a current of electricity enters or leaves a battery etc.

electrode
(a) The terminal of an open electric circuit.
(b) The terminals of the metallic or solid conductors of an electric circuit, immersed in an electrolytic solution.
(c) The terminals between which a voltaic arc is formed, always in practice made of carbon, are termed electrodes.
(d) In electro-therapeutics many different electrodes are used whose names are generally descriptive of their shape, character, or uses to which they are to be applied. Such are aural electrodes for the ears, and many others.
(e) The plates of a voltaic battery.