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Electrode Or  Noun Electrical Device Elec·Trode  A Conductor

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
elec·trode

 \\i-ˈlek-ˌtrōd\\ noun
 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 i5lektrEudNAmE -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
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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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