electrode
/əˈlɛk.tɹəʊd/
electrode noun: the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.
Noun
electrode (plural electrodes)
- The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.
- 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
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- From my laboratory in the Castle east
- A collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device.
electrode meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
electrode in Hindi
- the terminal through which electric current passes
- विद्युदग्र vidyudagra, इलेक्ट्रोड ilekṭroḍ, इलैक्ट्रोड ilaikṭroḍ
electrode in Tamil
- மின்முனை, மின் முனை, மின்வாய்
electrode in Marathi
- इलेक्ट्रोड
electrode in Urdu
- الیکٹروڈ, الیکٹرویڈ
More languagesFewer languages
- electrode in Bengali
- বিদ্যুদ্বাহক, ইলেক্ট্রোড
- electrode in Telugu
- ఎలక్ట్రోడ్, ఎలెక్ట్రోడ్
- electrode in Malayalam
- ഇലക്ട്രോഡ്, ഇലക്ട്രൊഡ്
- electrode in Kannada
- ವಿದ್ಯುದ್ವಾರ, ಎಲೆಕ್ಟ್ರೋಡ್
- electrode in Punjabi
- ਇਲੈਕਟ੍ਰੋਡ, ਇਲੈਕਟਰੋਡ
- electrode in Gujarati
- વીજધ્રુવ vījadhruv
- electrode in Odia
- ଇଲେକ୍ଟ୍ରୋଡ୍, ଇଲେକ୍ଟ୍ରୋଡ
- electrode in Nepali
- इलेक्ट्रोड
- electrode in Tagalog
- dagindas
- electrode in Arabic
- إِلِكْتْرُود ʔiliktrūd
- electrode in Malay
- elektrod
- electrode in Thai
- อิเล็กโทรด, ลวดเชื่อม, ขั้วเชื่อม
- electrode in Vietnamese
- điện cực
Examples of electrode in a sentence
- The physical chemist lased the atoms as they passed between the electrodes to study their motion.
- In this galvanic cell, Ag⁺ ions are reduced into metallic silver and plate out onto an electrode.
- Self-confinement and electrode engineering can then reduce the expected programming current increase.
Forms of electrode
| plural | electrodes |
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Origin of electrode
Coined by British 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”). By surface analysis, electro- + -ode
Words formed from electrode
- 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
- tweezertrodes
- ultramicroelectrode
Phrases with electrode
Questions about electrode
- What does electrode mean?
- Electrode means the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.
- What is electrode in Hindi?
- Electrode in Hindi is विद्युदग्र (vidyudagra), इलेक्ट्रोड (ilekṭroḍ), इलैक्ट्रोड (ilaikṭroḍ). See Electrode meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is electrode?
- Electrode is a noun.
- How do you pronounce electrode?
- Electrode is pronounced /əˈlɛk.tɹəʊd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of electrode?
- The plural of electrode is electrodes.
Words near electrode in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: electrode (page history and authors); electrode (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); electrode (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); electrode (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); electrode (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); electrode (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); electrode (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); electrode (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); electrode (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); electrode (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); electrode (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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