cathode

Meaning of cathode

noun

the negatively charged electrode by which electrons enter an electrical device.

mid 19th century: from Greek kathodos ‘way down’, from kata- ‘down’ + hodos ‘way’.

Information about cathode

It is a name.
The plural form of cathode is: cathodes.
Languages in which cathode is used:
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Hyphenation of cathode

cath-ode

It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
cathode is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of cathode

Spanish: cátodo
German: Kathode
French: cathode
Italian: catodo
Portuguese: catodo

Words that rhyme with cathode

Hode, chode, trichode, herpolhode, Rhode, shode, anticathode, antikathode, hydathode, kathode, photocathode, pneumathode

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