Electrode 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). The word was coined by William Whewell at the request of the scientist Michael Faraday from two Greek words: "elektron", meaning amber (from which the word electricity is derived), and "hodos", a way. The electrophore, invented by Johan Wilcke, was an early version of an electrode used to study static electricity. An electrode in an electrochemical cell is referred to as either an "anode" or a "cathode" (words that were coined by William
Avery (given name) the 634th most common given name for males in the United States in the 1910 census. In the Russian language, Avery () is a colloquial form of the male given name Averky. Avery (given name) Avery is a given name, which was originally an English surname, that was itself derived from an Old French version of the name Alfred or the Ancient Germanic name Alberich. The meaning of the name is derived from the Old English words "aelf", meaning "elf", and "raed", meaning "counsel." Avery was originally more common as a boys' name, but it is becoming more popular and