ELECTRODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electrode mean? 

• ELECTRODE (noun)
  The noun ELECTRODE has 1 sense:

1. a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit

  Familiarity information: ELECTRODE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRODE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("electrode" is a kind of...):

conductor (a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electrode"):

anode (a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device)

base ((electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector)

cathode (a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device)

collector (the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes)

electron gun (the electrode that is the source of electrons in a cathode-ray tube or electron microscope; consists of a cathode that emits a stream of electrons and the electrostatic or electromagnetic apparatus that focuses it)

emitter (the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate)

control grid; grid (an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube)

Holonyms ("electrode" is a part of...):

battery; electric battery (a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series)

electrolytic cell (a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen))

electronic equipment (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))

electron tube; thermionic tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; tube; vacuum tube (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)

 Context examples 

A brief seizure is induced by giving electrical stimulation to the brain through electrodes placed on the scalp.

(ECT, NCI Dictionary)

It is made by placing electrodes on the scalp (the skin covering the top of the head), and impulses are sent to a special machine.

(EEG, NCI Dictionary)

Electrodes can also carry electrical signals from muscles, brain, heart, skin, or other body parts to recording devices to help diagnose certain conditions.

(Electrode, NCI Dictionary)

The neurophysiologic exploration of the electrical activity of the brain by the application of electrodes to the scalp.

(Electroencephalography, NCI Thesaurus)

These electrodes contain photoelectric sensors capable to detect the specific wavelengths of radiation emitted by oxygenated versus reduced hemoglobin.

(Cutaneous Oximetry, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers gave mice a bacterial infection and then performed electroacupuncture by inserting needle electrodes at a specific point near the knee.

(Electroacupuncture Reduces Sepsis in Mice, NIH)

She said the device could also measure levels of vitamins and alcohol in the blood by “simply changing the coupled electrode attached on the eyeglasses’ nose pads”.

(Brazilian researchers eye biosensors to monitor diabetes, SciDev.Net)

These new rechargeable batteries, which use molten electrolytes, oxygen from air, and special multiple electron storage electrodes, have the highest intrinsic electric energy storage capacities of any other batteries to date.

(New, high-energy rechargeable batteries, NSF)

Treatment that generates electrical pulses through an electrode placed in a tumor to enhance the ability of anticancer drugs to enter tumor cells.

(Electroporation therapy, NCI Dictionary)

The current is carried through an electrode that is placed on or near the tissue.

(Electrosurgery, NCI Dictionary)