Anode

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  • noun. A positively charged electrode, as of an electrolytic cell, storage battery, or electron tube.
  • noun. The negatively charged terminal of a primary cell or of a storage battery that is supplying current.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The positive pole of a voltaic current; that pole at which the current enters an electrolytic cell: opposed to cathode, the point at which it departs.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the electrode of an electrochemical cell at which oxidation occurs
  • noun. the electrode through which current flows into a device or cell (the positive terminal of an electrolytic cell or the negative terminal of a galvanic cell)
  • noun. the terminal through which current flows into a diode when current is in the forward direction regardless of the direction the current is actually flowing
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
  • noun. a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device