| NOUN | artifact | 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) |
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| Meaning | 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). | |
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| Parts | anode | A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device |
| cathode | A negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device | |
| electrode | A conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit | |
| Broader | cell, electric cell | A device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction |
| Opposite | voltaic cell, galvanic cell, primary cell | An electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy |
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