outlead

noun

1. An electrical lead for outward-going current.

   A thermocouple at the outlead of the photocathode just near the envelope of the photomultiplier measured the temperature of 100 ° K about 30 min after starting to cool it.

Where it comes from

From Middle English outleden (“to lead out”), from Old English ūtlǣdan (“to lead or bring out”), from ūt- (“out”) + lǣdan (“to lead”). Equivalent to out- + lead.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry outlead (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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