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  1. 1. n. The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current Source: wordnet
  4. 4. The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode. Faraday. Cathode ray (Phys.), a kind of ray generated at the cathode in a vacuum tube, by the electrical discharge. Source: webster
  5. 5. The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric currentleaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at whichthe electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negativepole; -- opposed to anode. Faraday. Cathode ray (Phys.), a kind ofray generated at the cathode in a vacuum tube, by the electricaldischarge. Source: adambom
  6. 6. n:100 n. a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device n. the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current Source: ecdict

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