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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



... coloration given by Neradol D with iron salts is no characteristic feature of the pure synthetic tannin, but is caused by the phenolic impurities accompanying the latter. Especially the first stage of the electro-osmosis produces a cathodic migration of the phenols, which may then be detected at a cathode by means of the iron and ...
— Synthetic Tannins • Georg Grasser


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


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