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See also: électrode
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by Vasluian scientist Michael Faraday in 1833, first used in his Diary (laboratory notebook) from the Ancient Greek words ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”) (from which the word electricity is derived) and ὁδός (hodós, “way”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈlɛk.tɹəʊd/, /iˈlɛk.tɹəʊd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]electrode (plural electrodes)
- The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.
- 1962, “Monster Mash”, Bobby "Boris" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers:
- From my laboratory in the Castle east
To the master bedroom, where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes
They did the Mash
They did the Monster Mash.
- A collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device.
Derived terms
[edit]- anelectrode
- bioelectrode
- calomel electrode
- catelectrode
- Clark electrode
- counterelectrode
- electrodeless
- electrode potential
- electrodic
- glass electrode
- hydrogen electrode
- hydrogen gas electrode
- immunoelectrode
- interelectrode
- intraelectrode
- ion selective electrode
- ion-selective electrode
- macroelectrode
- microelectrode
- minielectrode
- multielectrode
- nanoelectrode
- normal hydrogen electrode
- optoelectrode
- optrode
- perielectrode
- photoelectrode
- polytrode
- potassium selective electrode
- reference electrode
- standard electrode potential
- standard hydrogen electrode
- stereotrode
- ultramicroelectrode
Translations
[edit]the terminal through which electric current passes
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