Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anode"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anode \An"ode\, n. [Gr. ? up + ? way.] (Elec.)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anode
n 1: a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an
electrical device [ant: {cathode}]
2: the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage
battery that supplies current [ant: {cathode}]
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