anode: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	negative electrode • plate

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Elements of the simplest electron tube, the diode.

Labeled diagram of an iconoscope television camera tube showing internal components including the electron gun, deflecting coils, anode, mosaic, signal plate, and scanning beam path.

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