How to Use electrode in a Sentence
electrode
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The pedestal is wired to electrodes that rest on the surface of the brain.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
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When a neuron in the organoids fired, one of the electrodes would light up.
—New York Times, 29 Aug. 2019
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The lead with the electrode at the end goes from the chest under the skin behind the ear and the skull into the brain.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 29 Feb. 2024
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The electrode is then attached to a piece of nanofiber made up of ... deep breath ...
—Drew Turney, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2022
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The Changsha group decided to move the electrode to one end of the tube.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Apr. 2024
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Electrodes are placed on the surface of the scalp to detect brain waves.
—Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 30 June 2017
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The wire electrode should stick out between 1/4 and 3/8 inch.
—Phillip Pantuso, Popular Mechanics, 27 May 2015
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These are measured by putting sensors called electrodes on the scalp, around the eyes, and on the chin.
—Beth Ann Malow, Discover Magazine, 24 Nov. 2024
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The solid would bear the loads and the liquid would help ions move between the electrodes.
—Daniel Oberhaus, Popular Mechanics, 8 May 2023
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Switch on the electrode next door, and a second dot will appear next to the first one.
—Adam Rogers, Wired, 24 Nov. 2021
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The electrodes measure whether the brain is responding to the sounds.
—WIRED, 20 Oct. 2023
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Not only did the hats hold the electrodes in place, but the cats also stopped trying to chew the wires.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
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With the electrode array turned on, the spinal cord was awakened.
—Nate Berg, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2013
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To bring about treatment based on this requires electrodes in the brain to help kick it out of this state.
—Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2018
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As for the other cell electrode, the anode, today most of them are made of graphite.
—John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2023
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Guards strapped him down, placed a black hood over his face and attached electrodes to his head and right leg.
—Tribune Media Services, al, 5 Jan. 2020
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The electrons these electrodes give off, meanwhile, pass through the wire outside the cell.
—John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2023
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From there, electrodes are attached to both ends to create a neon sign.
—Jessica Christian, SFChronicle.com, 9 July 2018
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The silicon could be used to control the flow of current across the graphene from one electrode to the other.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2022
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And while the electrodes on the digital crown and the backside of the watch were there, the software to support them hadn’t been released.
—Dieter Bohn, The Verge, 6 Dec. 2018
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So Forness jumped off the gurney, ripped some electrodes off his chest and did what he's done since 1990.
—CBS News, 11 Dec. 2017
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Subcutaneous wires run all the way from that device to each of the electrodes.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
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The small, round device implanted in the skull is supposed to keep the thin tendrils of electrodes in place.
—Christina Jewett, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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Each cell in the stack has a membrane that separates its two electrodes.
—Kat Friedrich, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
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Harder to ignore is the electrode stuck to my forehead.
—Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2019
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Barnard stepped back and ordered electrodes placed on each side of the heart and the current (25 watt-seconds) applied.
—Lily Rothman, Time, 11 Dec. 2017
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One of the two polymer films acts as a channel between source and drain electrodes, while the other acts as a gate.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Nov. 2023
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These electrodes connect to a tiny backpack, 1.5 cm on a side, affixed to its back.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
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When the tests were over, Tina disconnected the electrodes from Lilian’s body, taking care not to rip off the tape too abruptly.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article With electrodes stuck to different parts of his back along his spine, Shane Callahan practiced walking on a recent day — with help from an exercise specialist and a harness that helped hold him upright.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
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