Electrode vs. Electrolyte

Electrodenoun

the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit

Electrodenoun

a collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device

Electrodenoun

a conducting object by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other non-metallic conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current.

Electrodenoun

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

Electrode

An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte, a vacuum or air).

Electrolytenoun

(chemistry) A substance that, in solution or when molten, ionizes and conducts electricity.

Electrolytenoun

(physiology) Any of the various ions (such as sodium or chloride) that regulate the electric charge on cells and the flow of water across their membranes.

Electrolytenoun

A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.

Electrolytenoun

a solution that conducts electricity;

Electrolyte

An electrolyte is a substance that produces an electrically conducting solution when dissolved in a polar solvent, such as water. The dissolved electrolyte separates into cations and anions, which disperse uniformly through the solvent.