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.
noun.
the electrode of an electrochemicalcell at which oxidation occurs
noun.
the electrode through which current flows into a device or cell (the positiveterminal of an electrolyticcell or the negativeterminal of a galvaniccell)
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
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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