To coat or deposit a substance (like metal) onto a surface using electrical current, a process called electroplating.
From 'electro-' (electricity) + 'deposit' (from Latin 'depositum' meaning placed down). Developed as a technical term in the 1800s during the industrial revolution.
Electrodeposit is how we coat cheap metals with gold or silver to make jewelry, how we protect steel from rust with zinc plating, and even how circuit boards are made—electricity does the work instead of hand-painting!
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