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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkæθ.oʊd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cathode.wav Forms: cathodes [plural], kathode [alternative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κατα- (kata-, “down”) and ὁδός (hodós, “journey, way”), equivalent to Ancient Greek κάθοδος (káthodos, “way down, descent”). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday, who introduced it later that year. By surface analysis, cath- (alternative form of cata-) + -ode. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sed-}}, {{uder|en|grc|κατα-||down}} Ancient Greek κατα- (kata-, “down”), {{coin|en|William Whewell|in=1834|nat=English|occ=polymath}} Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834, {{surf|en|cata-|-ode|alt1=cath-|pos1=alternative form of cata-}} By surface analysis, cath- (alternative form of cata-) + -ode Head templates: {{en-noun}} cathode (plural cathodes)
  1. (electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively). Categories (topical): Electricity Translations (electrode through which current flows outward): կաթոդ (katʻod) (Armenian), katodo (Basque), като́д (katód) [masculine] (Belarusian), като́д (katód) [masculine] (Bulgarian), càtode [masculine] (Catalan), 陰極 /阴极 (yīnjí) (Chinese Mandarin), 正極 /正极 (zhèngjí) (Chinese Mandarin), katoda [feminine] (Czech), kathode [feminine] (Dutch), katodo (Esperanto), katood (Estonian), katodi (Finnish), cathode [feminine] (French), cátodo [masculine] (Galician), Kathode [feminine] (German), Minuspol (German), ઋણાગ્ર (ŕṇāgra) (Gujarati), ʻūholo uila ʻine (Hawaiian), ऋणाग्र (ŕṇāgra) (Hindi), कैथोड (kaithoḍ) (Hindi), katód (Hungarian), bakskaut [neuter] (Icelandic), mínusskaut [neuter] (Icelandic), neiskaut [neuter] (Icelandic), neikvætt rafskaut [neuter] (Icelandic), katóða [feminine] (Icelandic), katode (Indonesian), catodo [masculine] (Italian), 陰極 (inkyoku) (alt: いんきょく) (Japanese), カソード (kasōdo) (Japanese), កាតូដ (kaatout) (Khmer), កាតូត (kaatout) (Khmer), 음극 (eumgeuk) (Korean), 캐소드 (kaesodeu) (Korean), katods [masculine] (Latvian), katodas [masculine] (Lithuanian), като́да (katóda) [feminine] (Macedonian), katod (Malay), pitoiho (Maori), pito hopuirahiko (Maori), ऋणाग्र (ruṇāgra) (Marathi), katoda [feminine] (Polish), cátodo [masculine] (Portuguese), catodo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), catódio [masculine] (Portuguese), като́д (katód) [masculine] (Russian), cátodo [masculine] (Spanish), kathodi (Swahili), katod [common-gender] (Swedish), balindas (Tagalog), като́д (katód) [masculine] (Ukrainian), âm cực (Vietnamese)
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  2. (by extension) The electrode at which chemical reduction of cations takes place, usually resulting in the deposition of metal onto the electrode. Tags: broadly
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  3. (electronics) The electrode from which electrons are emitted into a vacuum tube or gas-filled tube. Categories (topical): Electronics
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  4. (electronics) That electrode of a semiconductor device which is connected to the n-type material of a p-n junction. Categories (topical): Electronics, Electrochemistry
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Related terms: cation

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-cathode.wav Forms: cathodes [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} cathode f (plural cathodes)
  1. cathode Tags: feminine Derived forms: cathodique
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "electrode through which current flows outward",
      "word": "balindas"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "word": "âm cực"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-21 using wiktextract (ce0be54 and f2e72e5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.