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  • noun Plural form of electrode.

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Examples

  • As yet, when I bring them together, we have no power, because the conveyers—what we call the electrodes—the passages or ways for the electricity—are stopped; but now Mr. Anderson by that [referring to a sudden flash at the ends of the wires] has given me a telegram to say that it is ready.

    The Chemical History of a Candle 1909

  • A flat chip of oxidized silicon covered with a complicated array of metal electrodes is the image sensor at the heart of the solid state video camera built by Bell Lab engineers.

    Willard S. Boyle - Photo Gallery 2009

  • Brain electrodes as depression treatment - Boing Boing

    Boing Boing 2009

  • A flat chip of oxidized silicon covered with a complicated array of metal electrodes is the image sensor at the heart of the solid state video camera built by Bell Lab engineers.

    George E. Smith - Photo Gallery 2009

  • For example, the material currently used for the electrolyte sandwiched between the electrodes is expensive.

    MIT creates new material for fuel cells « Isegoria 2008

  • For example, the material currently used for the electrolyte sandwiched between the electrodes is expensive.

    May « 2008 « Isegoria 2008

  • Most batteries stores energy in electrodes made of bulky carbon or metal.

    Powered by Germs | Impact Lab 2007

  • Electric Miracles: An Ohio man has been cured of his Tourette's Syndrome thanks to implanted brain electrodes:

    Medpundit 2004

  • Electric Miracles: An Ohio man has been cured of his Tourette's Syndrome thanks to implanted brain electrodes:

    Archive 2004-04-01 2004

  • Two or three carbon "electrodes" -- 18-in. cylinders of specially prepared coke or graphite -- extend through holes in the roof.

    The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916

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