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Electrode

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.

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Anode 76% connected

The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; --…

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Base 76% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Cathode 76% connected

The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current p…

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Collector 76% connected

One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.;…

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Grid 76% connected

A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.

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Conductor 76% connected

One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.

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Battery 70% connected

The act of battering or beating.

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Tube 70% connected

A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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Electrolysis noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions

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Electrolyte noun · 78% connection

a solution that conducts electricity; "the proper amount and distribution of electrolytes in the body is essential for health"

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Electrolytic cell noun · 78% connection

a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the br…

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Galvanic cell noun · 78% connection

an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recha…

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Oxidation noun · 78% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Oxidation-reduction noun · 78% connection

a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction

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Oxidisation noun · 78% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Oxidization noun · 78% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Oxidoreduction noun · 78% connection

a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction

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Primary cell noun · 78% connection

an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recha…

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Redox noun · 78% connection

a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction

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Voltaic cell noun · 78% connection

an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recha…

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Administration noun · 78% connection

The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: path, electricity, conveyed, solution, conducting.
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Atmosphere noun · 78% connection

A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies.

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Bridge noun · 78% connection

Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaki…

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Condenser noun · 78% connection

An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate.

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Conductivity noun · 78% connection

The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve.

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Contact noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the cont…

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Copper noun · 78% connection

A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electr…

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Coulomb noun · 78% connection

The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current prod…

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Diagometer noun · 78% connection

A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by di…

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Diffusivity noun · 78% connection

Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium.

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Ecliptic adjective · 78% connection

A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23? 28'. It is the apparent path of the sun, or…

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Efferent adjective · 78% connection

Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ ou…

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Electro- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as…

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Electrotonic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the ac…

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End verb · 78% connection

To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.

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Escape verb · 78% connection

To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery;…

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Fourche adjective · 78% connection

Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; -- said of an ordinary, especiall…

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Lead noun · 78% connection

The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.

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