electrode
noun
elec·trode
i-ˈlek-ˌtrōd 
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
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The solution to that dilemma is an architecture in which the battery’s metal electrodes are allowed to slide freely between its enclosure and its electrolyte, both of which do stretch.
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IEEE Spectrum, 5 Apr. 2024
Electrical stimulation devices deliver electrical shocks through electrodes attached to a person’s skin to attempt to reduce or stop harmful behaviors.
—Mira Cheng, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
There the electrodes are designed to register thoughts related to motion.
—Ben Guarino, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2024
The Changsha group decided to move the electrode to one end of the tube.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Apr. 2024
Once electrodes are placed on people’s scalps, electric currents can be passed between the electrodes to cause neuronal activity in people’s brains to synchronize.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
The company had developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) that gets implanted into the skull by a surgical robot and uses electrodes to process the electrical activity of neurons — transmitting these signals to another device, such as a computer.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2024
The energy-storage density of the standard electrode design can be increased by using thicker electrodes, but this compromises the power density—the rate of energy release—because a smaller proportion of the electrode is in close contact with the electrolyte.
—Phillip W. Barth, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024
The surgical robot was created specifically to embed the implant and its 64 ultra-thin flexible connected threads upon which are 1,024 electrodes that record neural activity.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
IEEE Spectrum, 5 Apr. 2024
Electrical stimulation devices deliver electrical shocks through electrodes attached to a person’s skin to attempt to reduce or stop harmful behaviors.
—Mira Cheng, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
There the electrodes are designed to register thoughts related to motion.
—Ben Guarino, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2024
The Changsha group decided to move the electrode to one end of the tube.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Apr. 2024
Once electrodes are placed on people’s scalps, electric currents can be passed between the electrodes to cause neuronal activity in people’s brains to synchronize.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
The company had developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) that gets implanted into the skull by a surgical robot and uses electrodes to process the electrical activity of neurons — transmitting these signals to another device, such as a computer.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2024
The energy-storage density of the standard electrode design can be increased by using thicker electrodes, but this compromises the power density—the rate of energy release—because a smaller proportion of the electrode is in close contact with the electrolyte.
—Phillip W. Barth, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024
The surgical robot was created specifically to embed the implant and its 64 ultra-thin flexible connected threads upon which are 1,024 electrodes that record neural activity.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
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electrode
noun
elec·trode
i-ˈlek-ˌtrōd
: a conductor (as a metal or carbon) used to make electrical contact with a part of an electrical circuit that is not metallic
Medical Definition
electrode
noun
elec·trode
i-ˈlek-ˌtrōd
: a conductor used to establish electrical contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit
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