English > electrode: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit. |
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| Part of | battery, electric battery | A device that produces electricity |
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| 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) |
| electronic equipment | equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor) |
| 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 | anode | A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device |
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| base | (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector |
| cathode | A negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device |
| collector | The electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes |
| electron gun | The electrode that is the source of electrons in a cathode-ray tube or electron microscope |
| emitter | The electrode in a transistor where electrons originate |
| grid, control grid | An electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube |
| Broader | conductor | A device designed to transmit electricity, heat / heat, etc. |
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| Spanish | electrodo |
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| Catalan | electrode, elèctrode |
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