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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary elec·trode DATE 1834 1. a conductor used to establish electrical contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit 2. an element in a semiconductor device (as a transistor) that emits or collects electrons or holes or controls their movements English Etymology electrode 1834, coined by Eng. physicist and chemist Michael Faraday (1791-1867) from electro- (see electric) + Gk. hodos "way" (see cede). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 electrode elec·trode / i5lektrEud; NAmE -troud / noun either of ten points (or terminals ) by which an electric current enters or leaves a battery or other electrical device 电极 ⇨ see also anode , cathode Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: quinhydrone electrode , or reversible electrode , or calomel electrode , or control electrode, or electrode potential , or gas electrode , or glass electrode , or hydrogen electrode elec·trode I. \-ˌtrōd\ noun (-s) Etymology: electr- + -ode : a conductor (as a metallic substance or carbon) used to establish electrical contact with a nonmetallic portion of a circuit (as in an electrolytic cell, a storage battery, an electron tube, or an arc lamp)— see anode , cathode II. noun : an element in a semiconductor device (as a transistor) that emits or collects electrons or holes or that controls their movements |
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