English dictionary · noun

electrode

The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.

Meaning and definitions

1. The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.
2. A collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device.

Connected roots

• -ody

  song

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• tragedy

  a play or event dealing with tragic events and an unhappy ending

• melody

  a sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying

• diode

  An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.

• cathode

  An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).

• anode

  An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a positive or a negative voltage with respect to cathode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).

• triode

  A thermionic valve containing an anode, a cathode, and a control grid; small changes to the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode, which makes amplification possible.

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