"cold cathode" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cold cathodes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cold cathode (plural cold cathodes)
  1. (electronics) A type of cathode that does not use a heating element to produce emission of cathode rays (electrons), beyond base thermionic emission (usually by field electron emission, secondary emission, photoelectric emission) Wikipedia link: en:cold cathode Categories (topical): Electronics Hypernyms: cathode Derived forms: cold-cathode fluorescent lamp (english: CCFL), cold-cathode lamp, cold-cathode light, cold-cathode tube Coordinate_terms: hot cathode

Inflected forms

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