English Explanatory Dictionary

electrode

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.
  2. A collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device.

Pronunciation

/əˈlɛk.tɹəʊd/ /iˈlɛk.tɹəʊd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-electrode.wav

Word forms

electrode electrodes

Etymology

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

Related words

cathode anode

Derived words

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
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