ELECTRODE


Meaning of ELECTRODE in English

/i lek"trohd/ , n. Elect.

a conductor, not necessarily metallic, through which a current enters or leaves a nonmetallic medium, as an electrolytic cell, arc generator, vacuum tube, or gaseous discharge tube.

[ 1825-35; ELECTR- + -ODE 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .