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Anticathode

Anˊti-cath′ode

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Noun.
(Phys.)
The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge.

Definition 2024


anticathode

anticathode

English

Noun

anticathode (plural anticathodes)

  1. (electrochemistry) The opposite of a cathode, an anode.
  2. (electronics) The target at which electrons from the cathode in a CRT or x-ray tube are directed.

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French

Etymology

anti- + cathode

Noun

anticathode m (plural anticathodes)

  1. (physics) anode, anticathode