"electrode" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈlɛk.tɹəʊd/ [UK], /iˈlɛk.tɹəʊd/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-electrode.wav [Southern-England] Forms: electrodes [plural]
Etymology: Coined by English 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”). Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Q8750|in=1833}} Coined by English scientist Michael Faraday in 1833, {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{m|grc|ἤλεκτρον||amber}} ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”), {{m|en|electricity}} electricity, {{m|grc|ὁδός||way}} ὁδός (hodós, “way”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} electrode (plural electrodes)
  1. The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit. Categories (topical): Electricity Translations (the terminal through which electric current passes): elektrodë [feminine] (Albanian), إِلِكْتْرُود (ʔiliktrūd) [masculine] (Arabic), էլեկտրոդ (ēlektrod) (Armenian), electrodu [masculine] (Asturian), elektrod (Azerbaijani), elektrodo (Basque), электро́д (eljektród) [masculine] (Belarusian), електро́д (elektród) [masculine] (Bulgarian), elèctrode [masculine] (Catalan), 電極 (Chinese Mandarin), 电极 (diànjí) (Chinese Mandarin), elektroda [feminine] (Czech), elektrode [common-gender] (Danish), elektrode [feminine] (Dutch), elektrodo (Esperanto), elektrood (Estonian), ravkleiv [feminine] (Faroese), kleiv [feminine] (Faroese), elektroda [feminine] (Faroese), elektrodi (Finnish), électrode [feminine] (French), ელექტროდი (elekṭrodi) (Georgian), Elektrode [feminine] (German), ηλεκτρόδιο (ilektródio) [neuter] (Greek), વીજધ્રુવ (vījadhruv) (Gujarati), ʻūholo uila (Hawaiian), אֶלֶקְטְרוֹדָה (elektróda) [feminine] (Hebrew), विद्युदग्र (vidyudagra) [masculine] (Hindi), इलेक्ट्रोड (ilekṭroḍ) [masculine] (Hindi), इलैक्ट्रोड (ilaikṭroḍ) [masculine] (Hindi), elektróda (Hungarian), rafskaut [neuter] (Icelandic), skaut [neuter] (Icelandic), rafpóll [masculine] (Icelandic), rafnemi [masculine] (Icelandic), elettrodo [masculine] (Italian), 電極 (denkyoku) (alt: でんきょく) (Japanese), электрод (élektrod) (Kazakh), អសនីបថ (ʼaʼsaʼniibɑt) (Khmer), អេឡិចត្រូត (ʼeeləctrout) (Khmer), 전극 (jeon'geuk) (alt: 電極) (Korean), электрод (elektrod) (Kyrgyz), elektrods [masculine] (Latvian), elektrodas [masculine] (Lithuanian), електро́да (elektróda) [feminine] (Macedonian), elektrod (Malay), lectroyd [feminine] (Manx), pitohiko (Maori), tia kawehiko (Maori), elektrode [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), elektrode [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), elektroda [feminine] (Polish), eletrodo [masculine] (Portuguese), electrod [masculine] (Romanian), электро́д (elektród) [masculine] (Russian), електро́да [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), elektróda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), elektróda [feminine] (Slovak), elektroda [feminine] (Slovene), electrodo [masculine] (Spanish), elektrodi (Swahili), elektrod [common-gender] (Swedish), dagindas (Tagalog), электрод (elektrod) (Tajik), อิเล็กโทรด (Thai), ลวดเชื่อม (Thai), ขั้วเชื่อม (Thai), elektrot (Turkish), електро́д (elektród) [masculine] (Ukrainian), elektrod (Uzbek), điện cực (alt: 電極) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-electrode-en-noun-XuVZywsv Disambiguation of Electricity: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'the terminal through which electric current passes': 88 12
  2. A collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device. Categories (topical): Electricity
    Sense id: en-electrode-en-noun-NpAPcMGf Disambiguation of Electricity: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -ode, cathode, anode

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      ],
      "word": "elektróda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the terminal through which electric current passes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "elektróda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the terminal through which electric current passes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "elektroda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the terminal through which electric current passes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "electrodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the terminal through which electric current passes",
      "word": "elektrodi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the terminal through which electric current passes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "elektrod"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the terminal through which electric current passes",
      "word": "dagindas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "elektrod",
      "sense": "the terminal through which electric current passes",
      "word": "электрод"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "the terminal through which electric current passes",
      "word": "อิเล็กโทรด"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "the terminal through which electric current passes",
      "word": "ลวดเชื่อม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "the terminal through which electric current passes",
      "word": "ขั้วเชื่อม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the terminal through which electric current passes",
      "word": "elektrot"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "elektród",
      "sense": "the terminal through which electric current passes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "електро́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the terminal through which electric current passes",
      "word": "elektrod"
    },
    {
      "alt": "電極",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the terminal through which electric current passes",
      "word": "điện cực"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "electrode"
  ],
  "word": "electrode"
}

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