About The Word Cathode
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Cathode
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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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Cathode: Related Terms | Find terms related to Cathode: 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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