electrode
English Thesaurus
1. a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | conductor, |
| definition | : | a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | anode, |
| definition | : | a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | base, |
| definition | : | (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cathode, |
| definition | : | a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | collector, |
| definition | : | the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | electron gun, |
| definition | : | the electrode that is the source of electrons in a cathode-ray tube or electron microscope; consists of a cathode that emits a stream of electrons and the electrostatic or electromagnetic apparatus that focuses it (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | emitter, |
| definition | : | the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | control grid, grid, |
| definition | : | an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | battery, electric battery, |
| definition | : | a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | electrolytic cell, |
| definition | : | a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen) (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | electronic equipment, |
| definition | : | equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor) (noun.artifact) |
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