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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Anode

/ăn'-ōdˌ/ · An·ode · IPA /ˈæn.oʊd/
01 n. The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the othe…
  1. 1.
    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; -- opposed to cathode.(Elec.)