Electrode Definition

ĭ-lĕktrōd
electrodes
noun
Any terminal that conducts an electric current into or away from various conducting substances in a circuit, as the anode or cathode in a battery or the carbons in an arc lamp, or that emits, collects, or controls the flow of electrons in an electron tube, as the cathode, plate, or grid.
Webster's New World
A collector or emitter of electric charge or of electric-charge carriers, as in a semiconducting device.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • inert anode
  • positive electrode
  • negative electrode
  • zinc anode
  • copper cathode
  • inert cathode
  • wire
  • terminal
  • plate

Other Word Forms of Electrode

Noun

Singular:
electrode
Plural:
electrodes

Origin of Electrode

  • The word was coined by the scientist Michael Faraday from the Ancient Greek words ἤλεκτρον (ēlektron, “amber”) (from which the word electricity is derived) and ὁδός (hodos, “way”).

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Electrode Sentence Examples

  • The smaller cylinder is generally the negative electrode on which the copper is deposited.

  • Faraday's term " electrode," literally " a way (650s) for electricity to travel along," might be well applied to designate the insulated conductor along which the electric messenger is despatched.

  • When the amount of this ion in the surface layer becomes too small to carry all the current across the junction, other ions must also be used, and either they or their secondary products will appear also at the electrode.

  • In aqueous solutions, for instance, a few hydrogen (H) and hydroxyl (OH) ions derived from the water are always present, and will be liberated if the other ions require a higher decomposition voltage and the current be kept so small that hydrogen and hydroxyl ions can be formed fast enough to carry all the current across the junction between solution and electrode.

  • When a current passes from an electrolyte to a metal, the electron must be detached from the atom it was accompanying and chemical action be manifested at the electrode.

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