cathode
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cath·ode
(kăth′ōd′)n. Abbr. ka
1. A negatively charged electrode, as of an electrolytic cell, storage battery, diode, or electron tube.
2. The positively charged terminal of a primary cell or a storage battery that is supplying current.
[Greek kathodos, descent : kat-, kata-, cata- + hodos, way, path.]
ca·thod′ic (kă-thŏd′ĭk) adj.
ca·thod′i·cal·ly adv.
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cathode
(ˈkæθəʊd)n
1. (General Physics) the negative electrode in an electrolytic cell; the electrode by which electrons enter a device from an external circuit
2. (General Physics) the negatively charged electron source in an electronic valve
3. (General Physics) the positive terminal of a primary cell
[C19: from Greek kathodos a descent, from kata- down + hodos way]
cathodal, cathodic, caˈthodical adj
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cath•ode
(ˈkæθ oʊd)n.
1. the electrode or terminal by which current leaves an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
2. the positive terminal of a voltaic cell or battery.
3. the negative terminal, electrode, or element of an electron tube or electrolytic cell.
[1825–35; < Greek káthodos a way down]
ca•thod′ic (kæˈθɒd ɪk) adj.
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cath·ode
(kăth′ōd′)1. The negative electrode in an electrolytic cell, toward which positively charged particles are attracted. The cathode has a negative charge because it is connected to the negatively charged end of an external power supply.
2. The positive electrode in a voltaic cell, such as a battery, toward which negatively charged particles are attracted. The cathode gets its positive charge from the chemical reaction that happens inside the battery, not from an external source. Compare anode.
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cathode
1. The electrode carrying the negative charge in a solution undergoing electrolysis.
2. A negative electrode.
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| Noun | 1. | cathode - a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device cold cathode - a cathode that is a source of electrons without being heated electrode - a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit electrolytic cell - a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen) photocathode - a cathode that emits electrons when illuminated electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, vacuum tube, tube - electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope anode - a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device |
| 2. | cathode - the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current storage battery, accumulator - a voltaic battery that stores electric charge galvanic cell, primary cell, voltaic cell - an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged anode - the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current |
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