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Anode

noun

A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.

The negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current.

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"Anode" Quotes from Famous Books

... focus tubes are made in various shapes, but perhaps the most popular are in the form of a glass globe, not unlike an ordinary small-sized water-bottle, this tube being closed and exhausted, and having the two poles (anode and cathode) sealed into the glass walls, but protruding at either end for attachment to the conducting wires from the induction coil. This tube may be mounted on a stand at a height convenient for manipulation. The phosphorescence screen is usually a plate covered with ...

— A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams

... and copper plates are called terminals, and while the zinc is the anode or positive element, its terminal is designated as the positive pole. In like manner, the carbon is the negative element or cathode, and its terminal is designated ...

— Electricity for Boys • J. S. Zerbe

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