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ELECTRODE

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e⋅lec⋅trode

[i-lek-trohd]
–noun Electricity.
a conductor, not necessarily metallic, through which a current enters or leaves a nonmetallic medium, as an electrolytic cell, arc generator, vacuum tube, or gaseous discharge tube.

Origin:
1825–35; electr- + -ode 2
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e·lec·trode   (ĭ-lěk'trōd')   
n.  
  1. A solid electric conductor through which an electric current enters or leaves an electrolytic cell or other medium.

  2. A collector or emitter of electric charge or of electric-charge carriers, as in a semiconducting device.

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Word Origin & History

electrode 
1834, coined by Eng. physicist and chemist Michael Faraday (1791-1867) from electro- (see electric) + Gk. hodos "way" (see cede).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: elec·trode
Pronunciation: i-'lek-"trOd
Function: noun
: a conductor used to establish electrical contact with a nonmetallic part of acircuit
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electrode e·lec·trode (ĭ-lěk'trōd')
n.

  1. A solid electric conductor through which an electric current enters or leaves an electrolytic cell or other medium.

  2. A collector or emitter of electric charge or of electric-charge carriers, as in a semiconducting device.

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electrode   (ĭ-lěk'trōd')  Pronunciation Key 
A conductor through which an electric current enters or leaves a substance (or a vacuum) whose electrical characteristics are being measured, used, or manipulated. Electrodes can be used to detect electrical activity such as brain waves. Terminal points in electrical components such as transistors, diodes, and batteries are electrodes.
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