Meanings
nounsacrificial anode (plural sacrificial anodes)
plural sacrificial anodes
- businessA piece of corrodible metal, attached to a metallic surface to be protected, that is preferentially consumed by electrolytic action
Synonyms: galvanic anode, sacrificial rod
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA piece of corrodible metal, attached to a metallic surface to be protected, that is preferentially consumed by electrolytic action
Similar
galvanic anodesacrificial rod
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Translations
German Opferanode
- Opferanodepiece of corrodible metal
Korean 희생약극
- 희생약극 (huisaeng'yakgeuk)piece of corrodible metal
Polish anoda ofiarna
- anoda ofiarnapiece of corrodible metal
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