| NOUN | artifact | anode | a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device |
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| artifact | anode | the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current |
| Sounds | ae'now.d | |
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| Rhymes | abode ... workload: 51 rhymes with owd... | |
| Meaning | A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device. | |
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| Part of | 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) |
| tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve | electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope | |
| Narrower | plate | The positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube |
| Broader | electrode | A conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit |
| Opposite | cathode | A negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device |
| Spanish | anodo, ánodo | |
| Catalan | anode, ànode | |
| Adjectives | anodic, anodal | of or at or relating to an anode |
| Meaning | The negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current. | |
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| Part of | storage battery, accumulator | A voltaic battery that stores electric charge |
| voltaic cell, galvanic cell, primary cell | An electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy | |
| Broader | terminal, pole | A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves |
| Opposite | cathode | The positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current |
| Spanish | ánodo | |
| Adjectives | anodal | of or at or relating to an anode |
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