electrode
pronunciation
How to pronounce electrode in British English:
UK [ɪˈlektrəʊd]
How to pronounce electrode in American English:
US [ɪˈlektroʊd]
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- Noun:
- a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit
Word Origin
- electrode (n.)
- "one of the two ends of an open electrical circuit," 1834, coined by English physicist and chemist Michael Faraday (1791-1867) from electro- + Greek hodos "way" (see cede) on the same pattern as anode, cathode.
Example
- 1. They then position an electrode close to the nanowire .
- 2. Meanwhile liau moves the electrode a fraction of an inch .
- 3. Drawing illustrates heat around the needle electrode .
- 4. Tapping into that tonic signal with an external electrode is simple .
- 5. They sent a laser beam past a spherical electrode toward an oppositely charged flat electrode .