hodo-, hod-, od- +

(Greek: way, a going, a traveling; road, path)


anodal
Of, at, or relating to an anode (an electron-collecting electrode of an electron tube).
anode
1. A positively charged electrode, as of an electrolytic cell, storage battery, or electron tube.
2. The negatively charged terminal of a primary cell or of a storage battery that is supplying current.
3. The electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
4. Etymology: coined from Greek anodos, "way up", from ana, "up" + hodos, "way". Proposed by William Whewell and published by English chemist and physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867). So called from the path the electrical current was thought to take.

William Whewell, May 24, 1794–March 6, 1866; was an English polymath, scientist, Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian of science.

anodize, anodise (British)
To coat a metal; for example, aluminum, with a protective or decorative oxide by making the metal the anode of an electrolytic cell.
anodizing, anodising (British)
Coating a metal; especially, magnesium or aluminum, with a protective film by chemical or electrolytic means.
cathode
1. The path by which an electric current leaves the electrolyte and passes into the negative pole.
2. The point or surface in contact with the negative pole; in electro-metallurgy the object to be electro-plated.
3. A negatively charged electrode, as of an electrolytic cell, a storage battery, or an electron tube.
4. The positively charged terminal of a primary cell or a storage battery that is supplying current.
5. From Greek kathodos, descent (kat-, kata-, cata-) + hodos, way, path.
cathodic, cathodically
A reference to cathode.
diode
1. An electronic device that restricts current flow chiefly to one direction.
2. An electron tube having a cathode and an anode.
3. A two-terminal semiconductor device used chiefly as a rectifier.
electrode
1. A solid electric conductor through which an electric current enters or leaves an electrolytic cell or other medium.
2. A collector or emitter of electric charge or of electric-charge carriers, as in a semiconducting device.
episode
1. An incident or event that is part of a progression or a larger sequence
2. One of a series of related events in the course of a continuous account.
3. A portion of a narrative that relates an event or a series of connected events and forms a coherent story in itself; an incident; such as, an episode in a autobiography.
4. A separate part of a serialized work; such as, a novel or play.
5. A separate program that is part of a television or radio series.
6. A section of a classic Greek tragedy that occurs between two choric songs.
7. In music, a passage between statements of a main subject or theme, as in a rondo or fugue.
episodic
1. Relating to or resembling an episode.
2. Divided into or composed of closely connected but independent sections.
3. Sporadic or happening at irregular intervals: "She kept having episodic pain in her lower back."
4. Of a limited duration: "There were episodic wind squalls during the storm."
hodograph
An instrument that records the movements of locomotion.
hodology
1. The scientific study of tracts or pathways in the central nervous system.
2. The study of pathways: in brain physiology, it is the study of the interconnections of brain cells; in philosophy, it is the study of interconnected ideas; in geography, it is the study of paths.
hodomania
1. An abnormal desire to travel.
2. An excessive compulsion to be traveling.
hodometer
A device for measuring and displaying the distance traveled by a wheeled vehicle or a person; for example, the milometer which is incorporated in the speedometer of a car; an odometer.
hodometry
The measurement of the length of a ship's voyage.

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