catelectrode
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
catelectrode (plural catelectrodes)
- (physics, archaic) The negative electrode or pole of a voltaic battery.
- 1843, “Voltaic Electricity”, in The Christian Remembrancer:
- the catelectrode or cathode, that is, the way by which electricity goes out of substances through which it passes
References edit
- “catelectrode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.