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nouna conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit
Definition that contains electrode
- strike cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- plate the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
- tube electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
- collector the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
- grid an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube
- anode a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
- emitter the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate
- cathode a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device
- diode a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier
- triode a thermionic vacuum tube having three electrodes; fluctuations of the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode which makes amplification possible