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Anode  n.  (Elec.) The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; opposed to cathode.






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"Anode" Quotes from Famous Books



... from which all the air, down to one-millionth of an atmosphere, has been exhausted after the insertion of a platinum wire in either end of the tube for connection with the two poles of a battery or induction coil. When the discharge is sent through the tube, there proceeds from the anode—that is, the wire which is connected with the positive pole of the battery—certain bands of light, varying in color with the color of the glass. But these are insignificant in comparison with the ...
— McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 • Various

... professor clipped a couple of platinum electrodes to the basin, one at each end. To the anode he attached one of the negatives, to the cathode ...
— Spawn of the Comet • Harold Thompson Rich



Words linked to "Anode" :   electron tube, thermionic vacuum tube, electrode, terminal, electrolytic cell, plate, pole, anodal, accumulator, voltaic cell, thermionic tube, vacuum tube, cathode, storage battery, galvanic cell, thermionic valve



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