electrode

elec·trode

noun \i-ˈlek-ˌtrōd\

Definition of ELECTRODE

1

: a conductor used to establish electrical contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit

2

: an element in a semiconductor device (as a transistor) that emits or collects electrons or holes or controls their movements

First Known Use of ELECTRODE

1834

Rhymes with ELECTRODE

à la mode, antipode, carbo-load, discommode, down the road, eigenmode, episode, frontage road, front-end load, hit the road, impastoed, incommode, internode, Kozhikode, microcode, mother lode, Nesselrode, object code, palinode, penal code, pigeon-toed, service road, sinus node, trematode, wagonload