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Cathode

Cathode Meaning & Definition
Cathode Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cathode?

[n] a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons in an electrical device
[n] the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current

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See Also | accumulator | depot | electrode | electrolytic cell | electron tube | galvanic cell | photocathode | primary cell | storage battery | terminal | terminus | thermionic tube | thermionic vacuum tube | thermionic valve | tube | vacuum tube | voltaic cell

Cathode In Webster's Dictionary

\Cath"ode\, n. [Gr. ? descent; ? down + ? way.] (Physics) The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode. --Faraday. {Cathode ray} (Phys.), a kind of ray generated at the cathode in a vacuum tube, by the electrical discharge

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