"anode" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device (synset 102717226)
is a type of: electrode - a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit

subtypes: plate - the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
is a part of:
- electrolytic cell - a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen)
- electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, tube, vacuum tube - electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
The negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current (synset 102717446)
is a type of: pole, terminal - a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
is a part of:
- accumulator, storage battery - a voltaic battery that stores electric charge
- galvanic cell, primary cell, voltaic cell - an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged