electrode

The word was coined by the scientist Michael Faraday from the Ancient Greek words ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”) (from which the word electricity is derived) and ὁδός (hodós, “way”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈlɛk.tɹəʊd/, /iˈlɛk.tɹəʊd/

electrode (plural electrodes)

1. the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit
2. a collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device

• -ode
• cathode
• anode

• electroed