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Cathode  n.  (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.
Cathode ray (Phys.), a kind of ray generated at the cathode in a vacuum tube, by the electrical discharge.






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"Cathode" Quotes from Famous Books



... be sufficiently wide to take the largest article for plating, and to admit of the anodes being moved nearer to or further from the article. In this way the necessary electrical resistance can very conveniently be inserted between the anode and cathode surfaces. The elimination of hydrogen from the cathode must be avoided, or at any rate must not accumulate. Moving the article being plated, while in the bath, taking care not to break the electrical contacts, is a good security against a streaky or ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 • Various



Words linked to "Cathode" :   electrode, electron tube, terminal, storage battery, photocathode, vacuum tube, cathode ray, tube, primary cell, accumulator, voltaic cell, thermionic tube, cathode-ray tube, cathode-ray oscilloscope, depot, anode



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