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electrode

/ɪˈlɛk.trəʊd/

/ɪˈlɛk.troʊd/

Translations

electrodenoun

electrodes

/ɪˈlɛk.trəʊd/

/ɪˈlɛk.troʊd/

The electrode is used to conduct electricity in the circuit.

Электрод используется для проведения электричества в цепи.

Synonyms

electrical conductor

electrodeadjective

/ɪˈlɛk.trəʊd/

/ɪˈlɛk.troʊd/

Used attributively before a noun, e.g. "electrode potential".

electrodenoun

A conductor through which electricity enters or leaves an object, substance, or region.

The battery's positive electrode is called the anode.

A device that emits or collects electrons in a vacuum tube, semiconductor, or other electronic device.

The cathode is the electrode that emits electrons in a vacuum tube.

A conductor attached to a living organism to detect or deliver electrical signals for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.

Disposable surface electrodes were placed on the patient's chest to record the ECG.

electrodeadjective

Relating to or involving an electrode or electrodes; used before another noun.

Electrode potential is critical in electrochemistry.