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Anode

noun

A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.

The negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current.

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... arranging the parts. So if you will examine the sketch (Figure 25), you will see that the clay cell, which we are to make, has in it the two electrodes, A and B. That is what they are called when they are spoken of together; but the positive one (A), the zinc, is called the anode, and the negative (B), or copper, is called the cathode. You should keep ...

— The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island • Roger Thompson Finlay

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