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an·ode

   [an-ohd]
noun
1.
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
2.
the negative terminal of a voltaic cell or battery.
3.
the positive terminal, electrode, or element of an electron tube or electrolytic cell.
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Origin:
1825–35; < Greek ánodos way up, equivalent to an- an-3 + hodós way, road
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anode (ˈænəʊd)
 
—n
1.  the positive electrode in an electrolytic cell
2.  Also called (esp US): plate the positively charged electrode in an electronic valve
3.  Compare cathode the negative terminal of a primary cell
 
[C19: from Greek anodos a way up, from hodos a way; alluding to the movement of the current to or from the positive pole]
 
anodal
 
—adj
 
anodic
 
—adj

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anode
1834, coined from Gk. anodos "way up," from ana "up" + hodos "way" (see cede). Proposed by the Rev. William Whewell (17941866), Eng. polymath, and published by Eng. chemist and physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867). So called from the path the electrical current was thought
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to take. Anodize is recorded from 1931.
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anode   (ān'ōd')  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The positive electrode in an electrolytic cell, toward which negatively charged particles are attracted. The anode has a positive charge because it is connected to the positively charged end of an external power supply.

  2. The positively charged element of an electrical device, such as a vacuum tube or a diode, to which electrons are attracted.

  3. The negative electrode of a voltaic cell, such as a battery. The anode gets its negative charge from the chemical reaction that happens inside the battery, not from an external source. Compare cathode.


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