ALL meanings of electrode
- noun electrode A conductor through which electricity enters or leaves an object, substance, or region. 1
- noun electrode electricity conductor 1
- countable noun electrode An electrode is a small piece of metal or other substance that is used to take an electric current to or from a source of power, a piece of equipment, or a living body. 0
- noun electrode a conductor through which an electric current enters or leaves an electrolyte, an electric arc, or an electronic valve or tube 0
- noun electrode an element in a semiconducting device that emits, collects, or controls the movement of electrons or holes 0
- noun electrode any terminal that conducts an electric current into or away from various conducting substances in a circuit, as the anode or cathode in a battery or the carbons in an arc lamp, or that emits, collects, or controls the flow of electrons in an electron tube, as the cathode, plate, or grid 0
- noun electrode the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit. 0
- noun electrode a collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device. 0