electrode
Množina: electrodes
ETYM Electro- + Greek odos way, path: cf. French électrode.
Elecric terminal; either pole of electrolytic cell.
A conductor used to make electrical contact with some nonmetallic part of a circuit.<br />
Any terminal by which an electric current passes in or out of a conducting substance; for example, the anode or cathode in a battery or the carbons in an arc lamp. The terminals that emit and collect the flow of electrons in thermionic valves (electron tubes) are also called electrodes: for example, cathodes, plates, and grids.
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