electrode means the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 74 out of 100.
electrode is pronounced /əˈlɛk.tɹəʊd/.
Etymology
Coined by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1833, first used in his Diary (laboratory notebook) from the Ancient Greek words ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”) (from which the word electricity is derived) and ὁδός (hodós, “way”). By surface analysis, electro- + -ode
noun
- The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.“From my laboratory in the Castle east
To the master bedroom, where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes
They did the Mash
They did the Monster Mash.”
- A collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device.