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Anode  n.  (Elec.) The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; opposed to cathode.





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... been fairly entered upon. Among other places to which the batteries have been sent and put into work is Colchester, where the company has for some time had an installation at work, chiefly employing incandescent lamps. The battery consists of lead electrodes, anode and cathode being of the same character. They are constructed of narrow ribbons of lead, each element being made from long lengths of the ribbon about or nearly 0.20 in. width, rolled together into a flat cake like ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 • Various


Words linked to "Anode" :   accumulator, pole, thermionic vacuum tube, primary cell, electron tube, vacuum tube, voltaic cell, thermionic tube, cathode, storage battery, terminal, tube, electrode, anodal, thermionic valve, electrolytic cell, plate, galvanic cell


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