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Anode   /ˈænˌoʊd/   Listen
Anode

noun
1.
A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
2.
The negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current.





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"Anode" Quotes from Famous Books



... formation, a larger surface, and a symmetrical distance of the plates from each other. If into an alkaline bath saturated with litharge (added in excess) we plunge two lead electrodes and pass in a current of suitable tension and intensity, there is deposited upon the anode a layer of peroxide of lead varying in thickness with the intensity of the current, and more or less rich in oxygen according to the intensity of the bath, while the cathode is covered with a stratum of reduced lead. ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 • Various


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


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