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ANODE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("anode" is a kind of...):
electrode (a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anode"):
plate (the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube)
Holonyms ("anode" 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)
Antonym:
cathode (a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device)
Derivation:
anodal (of or at or relating to an anode)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("anode" is a kind of...):
pole; terminal (a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves)
Holonyms ("anode" 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)
Antonym:
cathode (the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current)
Derivation:
anodal (of or at or relating to an anode)
