anoden.
Electr.
a. strictly, as applied by Faraday: The path by which an electric current leaves the positive pole, and enters the electrolyte, on its way to the negative pole.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > galvanism, voltaism > [noun] > pole > positive plate or pole
anode1834
zincode1839
zincoid1842
zinc1876
positive1881
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric polarization > [noun] > pole > anode or positive pole
anode1834
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > galvanism, voltaism > [noun] > pole > positive plate or pole > path from positive pole
anode1834
1834 W. Whewell Let. 25 Apr. in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 179, I have considered the two terms you [Faraday] want to substitute for eisode and exode, and recommend instead of them anode and cathode.
1849 Russell & Woolrich in Circle of Sci. I. 220/1 A plate of Cadmium as an anode.
1875 A. Ure Dict. Arts II. 221 The nickel anodes are connected to the..carbon plates of the battery; the articles to be coated with the zincs.
b. loosely used for: The positive pole. In both senses opposed to cathode, which is applied to the path of exit from the electrolyte, and to the negative pole.
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1866 R. M. Ferguson Electricity 161 The poles..are called electrodes..the + pole being called the anode.
1874 W. R. Grove Correl. Physical Forces (ed. 6) 241 The anode of a voltaic combination.
Compounds
C1. General attrib.
anode bend n.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > rectifier > [adjective] > of specific kind
anode bend1928
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > thermionic valve > [noun] > anode of valve > current of > curve in
anode bend1928
1928 Morning Post 26 Jan. 13/4 The best all-round results are often obtained when the rectifier is of the anode bend type.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 37/2 Anode bend, the more or less abrupt curve in the anode-current versus grid-voltage characteristic of a triode, which occurs at small values of anode current.
anode circuit n.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > [noun] > of fixed value
anode circuit1919
1919 Radio Rev. Nov. 54 There are..two sources of potential, the one in the anode circuit being of fixed value, that in the grid circuit being variable.
anode current n.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric polarization > [noun] > pole > anode or positive pole > current flowing from
anode current1920
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > thermionic valve > [noun] > anode of valve > current of
anode current1920
1920 Radio Rev. Aug. 545 The values of the anode-current..are then given.
1963 B. Fozard Instrumentation Nucl. Reactors xi. 129 The production of positive ions in the residual gas due to collisions between anode-current electrons and molecules.
anode surface n.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrolysis > [noun] > surface through which current passes
anode surface1890
1890 G. Gore Art Electrolytic Separation Metals ii. G. 188 The amount of anode surface per vat in different works therefore varies from 24 to 322 square feet.
anode tap n.
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society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > aerial > parts of
side lobe1843
downlead1910
anode tap1919
screen1922
lobe1926
radial1939
feed horn1952
1919 R. Stanley Text-bk. Wireless Telegr. v. 91 It will suffice to say here that an anode tap may be usefully employed to increase the oscillating power and oscillating aerial current.
1929 J. A. Ratcliffe Physical Princ. Wireless iii. 48 The anode lead..should be connected to the aerial inductance by way of a movable contact known as the Anode Tap.
C2.
anode mud n. the insoluble residue which forms on the anode during electrolytic refining.
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the world > matter > chemistry > ions, ionization, or electrolysis > [noun] > electrolysis > anode slime
anode slime1902
anode mud1922
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrolysis > [noun] > residue
sludge1900
anode slime1902
anode mud1922
1922 J. W. Mellor Mod. Inorg. Chem. xxi. 380 The anode is enclosed in filter cloth bags to facilitate the collection of the ‘anode-mud’. Considerable amounts of silver and gold are obtained from the slimes or ‘anode mud’.
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