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noun Physical Chemistry.

an electrode of known oxidation potential used in determining the electromotive force of a galvanic cell.

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Origin of reference electrode

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby reference electrode

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How to use reference electrode in a sentence

In 2011 LGBT media outlet Queerty took the app to task for allegedly deleting accounts that made reference to being trans.
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He then provides some insight into his psyche - complete with Animal House reference.
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There is reference after reference to the “black community,” “black worth ethic,” and adherence to the “black value system.”
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Indeed, designers frequently reference each other in their shows—and the press never fails to notice.
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On his Instagram account (which has since been taken down), Brinsley made one reference to burning an American flag.
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These Eskimos were very fond of kite-flying, for its own sake, without reference to utility!
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Had he not meant the Fleet to shove in K. must have made some reference to the second Division, surely.
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For convenience of reference I now give the figure Alphabet tabulated.
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She made no reference, for instance, to the fact that they might be frequently alone together now.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Take the memories of members of the learned professions—they are usually only reference memories.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)