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1. (n.) anode
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
2. anode
the negative terminal of a voltaic cell or battery.
3. anode
the positive terminal, electrode, or element of an electron tube or electrolytic cell.
Etymology: (1834; < Gk ánodos upward path =an-an -3+hodós way, road)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) anode
a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
2. (noun) anode
the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) anode
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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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. anode
The positive terminal in a broken metallic or true conducting circuit; the terminal connected to the carbon plate of a galvanic battery or to its equivalent in case of any other generator. In general practice it is restricted to the positive terminal in a decomposition or electrolytic cell, such as the nickel anode in a nickel-plating bath or the anode of platinum in a gas voltameter. It is the terminal out of or from which the current is supposed to flow through the decomposition cell. In electro-therapeutics the term is used simply to indicate the positive terminal. In an electrolytic cell the electro-negative substance or anion goes to the anode. Hence, it is the one dissolved, if either are attacked. The nickel, copper or silver anodes of the electroplater dissolve in use and keep up the strength of the bath. The platinum anode in a gas voltameter is unattacked because the anion cannot act upon it chemically.
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