different between anode vs anodal

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???- (ana-, “up”) and ???? (hodós, “path”), forming the New Greek compound ?????? (ánodos). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday, who introduced it later that year.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æn.??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æn.o?d/

Noun

anode (plural anodes)

1. (electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage.
2. (chemistry, by extension) The electrode at which chemical oxidation of anions takes place, usually resulting in the erosion of metal from the electrode.
3. (electronics) The electrode which collects electrons emitted by the cathode in a vacuum tube or gas-filled tube.
4. (electronics) That electrode of a semiconductor device which is connected to the p-type material of a p-n junction.

Coordinate terms

• cathode

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Deano, Doane, adeno, adeno-

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English anode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??no?.d?/
• Hyphenation: ano?de
• Rhymes: -o?d?

Noun

anode f (plural anoden or anodes, diminutive anodetje n)

1. (electricity) anode

Antonyms

• kathode

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English anode.

Noun

anode f (plural anodes)

1. anode (the electrode through which current flows into a device or cell)

Further reading

• “anode” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.no.d?/, /ano.d?/

Noun

anode

1. (electricity, chemistry) anode

Alternative forms

• (nonstandard) anoda

See also

• katode
• elektrode

Further reading

• “anode” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
• anode on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id

English

Etymology

anode +? -al

Adjective

anodal (comparative more anodal, superlative most anodal)

1. Relating to the anode.

Translations

Portuguese

Adjective

anodal m or f (plural anodais, comparable)

1. (physics) anodic; anodal (relating to an anode)

   Synonym: anódico