English Explanatory Dictionary

cathodic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Proceeding from a nerve centre; efferent.
  2. Relating to, functioning as, or occurring at a cathode.

Pronunciation

En-us-cathodic.ogg

Word forms

cathodic kathodic

Etymology

From cathode + -ic. Coined by William Whewell in 1837 in a letter to Michael Faraday.

Related words

cathodal cathodally

Derived words

biocathodic cathodically photocathodic
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