electrode

IPA: ɪɫˈɛktroʊd

The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.
A collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device.

Examples of "electrode" in Sentences

The outer edge of this washer is, therefore, rigid with respect to the rear electrode, which is fixed.
In these a dropping mercury electrode is employed to determine current-voltage curves for electrolytes.
Many think the key lies in the quality of the electrode, which is typically made of an expensive metal called palladium.
It will be found that the sealing-in process is much easier when the stem of the electrode is short and when the glass coating is not too heavy.
(Fe3+) is used as a redox probe to measure the resistance to charge transfer from the solution to the electrode, which is proportional to the amount of cortisol in the solution.
The electrode is then lowered on top of the nanowire array, leaving just enough space so that a significant number of the nanowires are free to flex within the gaps created by the tips.
When the power of the battery is sufficient the water in the vessel is decomposed, and oxygen being the negative element, collects at the positive foil or electrode, which is covered by the tube O.
A study last year from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that plants generate a voltage of up to 200 millivolts when one electrode is placed in a plant and the other in the surrounding soil.
Thus the copper is deposited on one electrode, namely, the cathode, by which the current leaves the bath, and at the expense of the other electrode, that is to say, the anode, by which the current enters the bath.