electrode
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Definition of electrode
1
: a conductor used to establish electrical contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit
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: an element in a semiconductor device (such as a transistor) that emits or collects electrons or holes or controls their movements
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Rubbia envisioned a detector both large and precise: a large tank of liquid argon with a fine grid of wires on one side and high-voltage electrodes on the other. — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, "Resurrected detector will hunt for some of the strangest particles in the universe," 8 Aug. 2019 For now, the general invasiveness of BCI — implanting electrodes in or on the brain — drastically limits the commercial potential of this tech. — Sigal Samuel, Vox, "Facebook is building tech to read your mind. The ethical implications are staggering.," 5 Aug. 2019 This electrode array is FDA-cleared for temporary neural recording. — Jennifer Collinger, The Conversation, "Brain-machine interfaces are getting better and better – and Neuralink’s new brain implant pushes the pace," 19 July 2019 The researchers used the electrodes to measure neural activity while the patients memorized lists of words. — Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, "Brain “Pacemaker” Could Help You Remember Only What You Might Forget," 6 Feb. 2018 Neuralink claims its system can record from about 1,500 or 3,000 electrodes, depending on the version of the device being tested. — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, "Elon Musk’s Secretive Brain Tech Company Debuts a Sophisticated Neural Implant," 17 July 2019 In a demonstration at a Neuralink research lab on Monday, the company showed a system connected to a laboratory rat reading information from 1,500 electrodes — 15 times better than current systems embedded in humans. — John Markoff, New York Times, "Elon Musk’s Company Takes Baby Steps to Wiring Brains to the Internet," 16 July 2019 In an experiment biophysicist Joe Kirschvink and his team hooked up 34 participants to an electroencephalography (EEG) machine while recording brain activity monitored from electrodes attached to their scalps. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Some Humans Can Detect the Earth's Magnetic Field," 19 Mar. 2019 To adapt ionic wind to flight, the MIT researchers mounted pairs of electrodes under the wings of a drone, where propellers normally go. — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, "The Origins of Flight, From Birds to Bugs to Planes," 21 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'electrode.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for electrode
electrode
noun
English Language Learners Definition of electrode
: one of the two points through which electricity flows into or out of a battery or other device
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electrode
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elec·trode
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Kids Definition of electrode
: a conductor (as a metal or carbon) used to make electrical contact with a part of an electrical circuit that is not metallic
electrode
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elec·trode
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Medical Definition of electrode
: a conductor used to establish electrical contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit
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