ELECTRODE

electrode

(noun) a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

electrode (plural electrodes)

the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit

a collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device

Anagrams

• electroed

Source: Wiktionary


E*lec"trode, n. Etym: [Electro- + Gr. électrode.] (Elec.)

Definition: The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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