cathode

Etymology
From and, forming the New Greek compound. for, who introduced it later that year.

Noun

 * 1)  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).
 * 2)  The electrode at which chemical reduction of cations takes place, usually resulting in the deposition of metal onto the electrode.
 * 3)  The electrode from which electrons are emitted into a  or.
 * 4)  That electrode of a semiconductor device which is connected to the n-type material of a p-n junction.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: katodo
 * Belarusian: като́д
 * Bulgarian: като́д
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: katodo
 * Estonian: katood
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: cátodo
 * Georgian:
 * German:, Minuspol
 * Gujarati: ઋણાગ્ર
 * Hawaiian: ʻūholo uila ʻine
 * Hindi: ऋणाग्र, कैथोड
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: bakskaut, mínusskaut, neiskaut, neikvætt rafskaut, katóða
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: កាតូដ,
 * Korean:, 캐소드
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: като́да
 * Maori: pitoiho, pito hopuirahiko
 * Marathi: ऋणाग्र
 * Mongolian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, catodo , catódio
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kathodi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: balindas
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: като́д
 * Vietnamese:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Aragonese:
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