1. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
   "The anode in the battery had corroded, causing the device to malfunction"
    
2. The negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
   "He connected the wire to the anode of the car battery"

Derived forms: anodes

Type of: electrode, pole, terminal

Antonym: cathode

Part of: accumulator, electrolytic cell, electron tube, galvanic cell, primary cell, storage battery, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, tube, vacuum tube, voltaic cell

Encyclopedia: Anode