Anode

['ænəʊd] or ['ænod]

Definition

(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.

Editor: Nancy--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.

Checker: Polly

Definition

n. a term in electrolysis introduced by Faraday to designate the positive pole or that surface by which the galvanic current enters the body undergoing decomposition (electrolyte)—as opp. to Cathode the negative pole.

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