anode

How to use anode in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for anode.

Home Featured words Jump to examples

Editorial note

Or one of the eight combinations possible by arbitrarily switching anode with cathode, positive with negative, and left with right.

Examples5

Definitions2

Parts of speech1

Quick take

a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of anode gathered in one view.

noun

a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for anode.

noun

a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device

noun

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

Example sentences

Or one of the eight combinations possible by arbitrarily switching anode with cathode, positive with negative, and left with right.

This refers to an ancient convention in electronics, in which current was assumed to flow from the anode to the cathode, even though electrons flow from the cathode to the anode.

One would like a completely unambiguous statement: the anode is the positive connection, and it is secured to the left side of the subject's scalp; the cathode is the negative connection, and it secured over the subject's right eyebrow.

You float a molten anode metal on a slightly denser molten salt electrolyte on a slightly denser molten cathode metal, and bam, super high energy density, super high power density, low cost, long life-time battery.

The reason for the effectiveness of the SEI has incited a lot of research interest in the past decade but remains an unsolved mystery, although it is generally believed that EC undergoes a reduction process on the carbonaceous anode via a similar path to that shown in Scheme 1.