electrode

noun

elec·trode | \ 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 (such as a transistor) that emits or collects electrons or holes or controls their movements

Examples of electrode in a Sentence

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To adapt ionic wind to flight, the MIT researchers mounted pairs of electrodes under the wings of a drone, where propellers normally go. — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, "The Origins of Flight, From Birds to Bugs to Planes," 21 June 2019 Get our daily newsletter tDCS uses electrodes attached to the scalp to pass a tiny electrical current through the brain. — The Economist, "Zapping the brain improves creativity," 14 June 2019 Eavesdropping on the brain To translate thoughts into sentences, Anumanchipalli and his colleagues used electrodes placed directly on the brain's surface. — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, "New device translates brain activity into speech. Here’s how.," 24 Apr. 2019 And when the electrode positions were reversed, the scientists saw a corresponding decrease in measured creativity compared with the sham group. — The Economist, "Zapping the brain improves creativity," 14 June 2019 The enzyme partners an electron from the electrode with a proton from water to make a hydrogen atom, which the microbe can absorb. — Quanta Magazine, "How to Grow Metal-Eating Microbes," 21 June 2016 Kimberly Noble, a neuroscientist, holds up a blue and red cap dotted with electrodes that rest on a toddler’s scalp to measure electrical activity in the brain. — Leslie Brody, WSJ, "Can an Extra $333 a Month Improve a Baby’s Brain? A Research Team Wants to Know.," 29 Apr. 2019 Until the electrodes were implanted Mr. B had no particular interest in music, least of all country music. — Carl Elliott, The New York Review of Books, "Happiness on Demand?," 7 Feb. 2019 These liquids enable ions to flow between electrodes separated by a porous membrane, thus creating a current. — Matthew Sedacca, Scientific American, "These New Batteries Won't Make Your Smartphone Explode," 1 Oct. 2017

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