anode

an·ode  (nd)

n.

1. A positively charged electrode, as of an electrolytic cell, storage battery, or electron tube.

2. The negatively charged terminal of a primary cell or of a storage battery that is supplying current.

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[Greek anodos, a way up : ana-, ana- + hodos, way.]

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a·nodic (-ndk), a·nodal (-ndl) adj.

a·nodi·cal·ly, a·nodal·ly adv.

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anode

Noun

Electronics the positive electrode in an electrolytic cell or in an electronic valve [Greek anodos a way up]

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anode  (nd)

1. The positive electrode in an electrolytic cell, toward which negatively charged particles are attracted. The anode has a positive charge because it is connected to the positively charged end of an external power supply.

2. The positively charged element of an electrical device, such as a vacuum tube or a diode, to which electrons are attracted.

3. The negative electrode of a voltaic cell, such as a battery. The anode gets its negative charge from the chemical reaction that happens inside the battery, not from an external source. Compare cathode.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	anode - a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device electrode - a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit electrolytic cell - a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen) plate - the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, vacuum tube, tube - electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope cathode - a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device
	2.	anode - the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current storage battery, accumulator - a voltaic battery that stores electric charge terminal, pole - a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves galvanic cell, primary cell, voltaic cell - an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged cathode - the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current

Translations

anode [ˈænəud] n → ánodo

anode [ˈænəud] n → anode f

anode [ˈænəud] n → Anode f

anode [ˈænəud] n → anodo