Cathode
Pronunciation : Cath"ode
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Gr. (Physics)
Definition : Defn: 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's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913