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Definition of "electrode" []

  • A solid electric conductor through which an electric current enters or leaves an electrolytic cell or other medium. (noun)
  • A collector or emitter of electric charge or of electric-charge carriers, as in a semiconducting device. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "electrode" in a sentence
  • "In these a dropping mercury electrode is employed to determine current-voltage curves for electrolytes."
  • "A study last year from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that plants generate a voltage of up to 200 millivolts when one electrode is placed in a plant and the other in the surrounding soil."
  • "The electrode is then lowered on top of the nanowire array, leaving just enough space so that a significant number of the nanowires are free to flex within the gaps created by the tips."