- a conductor through which an electric current enters or leaves an electrolyte, an electric arc, or an electronic valve or tube
- an element in a semiconducting device that emits, collects, or controls the movement of electrons or holes
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e•lec•trode /ɪˈlɛktroʊd/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Electricitya point, or terminal, through which an electric current enters or leaves a battery or other electrical device.
e•lec•trode
(i lek′trōd),USA pronunciation n. [Elect.]
- Electricitya conductor, not necessarily metallic, through which a current enters or leaves a nonmetallic medium, as an electrolytic cell, arc generator, vacuum tube, or gaseous discharge tube.
- electr- + -ode2 1825–35
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electrode /ɪˈlɛktrəʊd/ n
'electrode' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
anode
- anticathode
- arc welding
- carbon
- carbon arc
- cathode
- field-effect transistor
- gate
- grid
- guard ring
- igniter
- ignitron
- -ode
- polarity
- screen grid
- silicon-controlled rectifier
- target
- transistor
- triode
- varistor
- air cell
- air gap
- base
- breakdown voltage
- calomel electrode
- C battery
- collector
- collector electrode
- control electrode
- crater
- C supply
- dee
- dynode
- Edison effect
- electr-
- electrochemical equivalent
- electrodissolution
- electromotive series
- emitter
- excitation
- half-cell
- heptode
- hydrogen electrode
- Klystron
- migrate
- ode
- oxidation potential
- Polarograph
- quinhydrone
- reduction potential