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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Anode
An"ode\, n. [Gr. ? up + ? way.] (Elec.) 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.
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anode
1834, coined from Gk. anodos "way up," from ana "up" + hodos "way" (see cede). Proposed by Whewell and published by Eng. chemist and physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867). So called from the path the electrical current was thought to take.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: an·ode
Pronunciation: 'an-"Od
Function: noun
1 : the electrode of an electrochemical cell at which oxidation occurs: as a : the positive terminal of an electrolytic cell b : the negative terminal of a storage battery that is delivering current
2 : the electron-collectingelectrode of an electron tube —compare CATHODE
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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