"cathodic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-us-cathodic.ogg Forms: kathodic [alternative]
Etymology: From cathode + -ic. Coined by William Whewell in 1837 in a letter to Michael Faraday. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cathode|ic}} cathode + -ic, {{coin|en|William Whewell|in=1837}} Coined by William Whewell in 1837 Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cathodic (not comparable)
  1. (anatomy) Proceeding from a nerve centre; efferent. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-cathodic-en-adj-NIwBOl01 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 83 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (physics) Relating to, functioning as, or occurring at a cathode. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (physics): catòdic (Catalan), katodinen (Finnish), cathodique (French), catóideach (Irish), catodico (Italian), katodowy (Polish), catódico (Portuguese), catodic (Romanian), като́дный (katódnyj) (Russian), catódico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cathodic-en-adj-XqPoNhOQ Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'physics': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: biocathodic, cathodically, photocathodic Related terms: cathodal, cathodally

Alternative forms

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