anode

See also: Anode and ànode

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) and ὁδός (hodós, “path”), forming the New Greek compound ἄνοδος (ánodos). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday, who introduced it later that year.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.əʊd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.oʊd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

anode (plural anodes)

1. (electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a positive or a negative voltage with respect to cathode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).
2. (chemistry) (by extension) The electrode at which chemical oxidation of anions takes place, usually resulting in the erosion of metal from the electrode.
3. (electronics) The electrode which collects electrons emitted by the cathode in a vacuum tube or gas-filled tube.
4. (electronics) That electrode of a semiconductor device which is connected to the p-type material of a p-n junction.

Antonyms

• cathode

Derived terms

• anion
• anodal
• anode slime
• anodic
• anodization
• anodize
• anodophile
• anodophilic
• anolyte
• bioanode
• galvanic anode
• multianode
• photoanode
• sacrificial anode

 

Translations

the electrode of an electrochemical cell at which oxidation occurs

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: անոդ (hy) (anod)
• Basque: anodo (eu)
• Belarusian: ано́д m (anód)
• Bulgarian: ано́д m (anód)
• Catalan: ànode (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陽極／阳极 (zh) (yángjí)

• Czech: anoda (cs) f
• Esperanto: anodo
• Finnish: anodi (fi)
• French: anode (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Anode (de) f
• Greek: ανόδιο (el) n (anódio)
• Hawaiian: ʻūholo uila ʻāne
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: धनाग्र (dhanāgra)
• Hungarian: anód (hu)
• Indonesian: anode (id)
• Irish: anóid f
• Italian: anodo (it) m
• Japanese: 陽極 (ja) (ようきょく, yōkyoku), アノード (ja) (anōdo)
• Khmer: អាណូត (km) (ʼaanout)
• Korean: 양극 (ko) (yanggeuk), 애노드 (aenodeu)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: ано́да f (anóda)
• Malay: anod
• Manx: anode m
• Maori: pito tukuirahiko
• Polish: anoda (pl) f
• Portuguese: ânodo (pt) m, anodo m
• Russian: ано́д (ru) m (anód)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ано́да f

  Latin: anóda (sh) f

• Spanish: ánodo (es) m
• Swahili: anodi
• Swedish: anod (sv) c
• Tagalog: tahandas
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: ано́д (uk) m (anód)
• Vietnamese: dương cực

the electrode through which current flows into a cell

• Armenian: անոդ (hy) (anod)
• Basque: anodo (eu)
• Bulgarian: анод (anod)
• Catalan: ànode (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 负极 (zh) (fùjí)

• Czech: anoda (cs) f
• French: anode (fr) f
• German: Anode (de) f
• Irish: anóid f
• Italian: anodo (it) m
• Macedonian: ано́да f (anóda)
• Malay: anod
• Manx: anode m
• Maori: pitoake, pitooho
• Polish: anoda (pl) f
• Portuguese: ânodo (pt) m, anodo m
• Russian: ано́д (ru) m (anód)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ано́да f

  Latin: anóda (sh) f

• Spanish: anodo m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} forskaut f, ^{(please verify)} plússkaut n, ^{(please verify)} jákvætt skaut n, ^{(please verify)} jáskaut n, ^{(please verify)} anóða f

Anagrams

• Deano, Doane, adeno, adeno-

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English anode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaːˈnoː.də/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ano‧de
• Rhymes: -oːdə

Noun

anode f (plural anoden or anodes, diminutive anodetje n)

1. (electricity) anode

Antonyms

• kathode

Descendants

• → Indonesian: anoda, anodê

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English anode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.nɔd/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

anode f (plural anodes)

1. anode (the electrode through which current flows into a device or cell)

Further reading

• “anode”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch anode, from English anode, from Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) and ὁδός (hodós, “path”), forming the New Greek compound ἄνοδος (ánodos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.no.də/, /ano.də/
• Hyphenation: ano‧dê

Noun

anodê (first-person possessive anodeku, second-person possessive anodemu, third-person possessive anodenya)

1. (electricity, chemistry) anode

Alternative forms

• انود (anod) (Standard Malay)
• anoda (nonstandard Indonesian)

See also

• katode
• elektrode

Further reading

• “anode” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.