Meanings
nouncatelectrode (plural catelectrodes)
plural catelectrodes
- archaicnatural sciencesThe negative electrode or pole of a voltaic battery.
the catelectrode or cathode, that is, the way by which electricity goes out of substances through which it passes
1843, “Voltaic Electricity”, in The Christian Remembrancer
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