electrode
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5.1
- noun
- /ɪˈlɛk.trəʊd/
- Specialized
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electrodo
- The doctor placed several electrodes on the patient's chest to monitor his heart rhythm.
- skin electrodes
- surface electrodes
- electrode placement
And and that's because we can use very fine electrodes to probe the brains of frogs.
- And and that's because we can use very fine electrodes to probe the brains of frogs.
- So there had to have been some action on that particular electrode for it to break off.
- So there's a lot of signal, a lot of electrodes.
- Even just a single stimulation electrode in the brain can help people with OCD, for example, quite powerfully.
- We connected the electrodes to a loudspeaker and projected moving lines in before the cat's eyes.
Examples
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To sense pain, you put a bunch of electrodes directly on the brain itself.
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We can put an electrode against a neuron.
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So there had to have been some action on that particular electrode for it to break off.
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Where to put the electrode?
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We were able to give the patient 14 electrode pairs, compared with none previously.
Academic text (1999) -
Two electrodes connected to the heart.
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A metal electrode placed on the crown of your head and another one on your calf.
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We're talking about placing electrodes into the brain.
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Electrodes are attached to the patient's head....
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Even just a single stimulation electrode in the brain can help people with OCD, for example, quite powerfully.
Compounds
- Specialized
An electrode that has hydrogen on platinum and acts as a reference to measure voltage
- Specialized
An electrode that responds to changes in dissolved chemicals without changing the liquid
How Sensitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
electrode = electro + ode
Although the word is a scientific coinage built with electro- plus a Greek-derived second element, its meaning is not readily predictable for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The word electrode comes from Greek parts electr- meaning 'amber', the old word people used for electricity, and -ode meaning 'way' or 'path', the same root as in electric and electron. So an electrode is like an 'electric path', the place where electricity goes into or out of something, which is why electrodes are used to connect devices or to measure electrical signals.