anode

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When a very strong solution was used, more gas was evolved at the anode than at the cathode_, in the proportion of 4 to 3 nearly: that from the anode was a mixture of carbonic oxide and carbonic acid; that from the cathode pure hydrogen.

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  1. noun A positively charged electrode, as of an electrolytic cell, storage battery, or electron tube.
  2. noun The negatively charged terminal of a primary cell or of a storage battery that is supplying current.

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  • Note that here the user is interested in the function of heating water and the anode is a component that can help to do this. —  Independent Information Technology and business analysis from IT-Director.com
  • The MIT report explains that in a traditional lithium-ion battery, the lithium ions flow between a negatively charged anode, which is usually graphite, and the positively charged cathode, which is usually cobalt oxide or lithium iron phosphate. —  Computerworld News
  • The modified BEAMnrc code is used to study the characteristics of electrons that backscatter from the anode, and to quantify their effect on the output of typical x-ray systems. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • This may happen when the anode area is considerably larger than that of the work and is the result of more copper being taken into the solution from the anode than is deposited on the work. —  Modern Mechanix
  • When the anode area is considerably less than that of the work, the amount of free acid will likewise increase, up to a point where plating becomes difficult to control. —  Modern Mechanix
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  1. Greek anodos, a way up : ana-, ana- + hodos, way.

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  1. from Greek ἂνοδος, a way up, from ἀνά, up, + ὁδός, way. Cf. cathode.
 

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