electrode Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit

WordNet

E*lec"trode noun
Etymology
Electro- + Gr. way, path: cf. F. électrode.
Definitions
  1. (Elec.) 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.

Webster 1913