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Electrode vs Hexadecapole - What's the difference?

electrode | hexadecapole |

As nouns the difference between electrode and hexadecapole

is that electrode is the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit while hexadecapole is anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles.

electrode

English

(wikipedia electrode)

Noun

(en noun)
  • the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit
  • a collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device

    • Related terms

    * electrode potential * reference electrode * standard electrode potential * standard hydrogen electrode

    See also

    * -ode * cathode * anode

    hexadecapole

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) Anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles

    • Related terms

    *dipole *hexapole *multipole *octupole *quadrupole