catelectrode

English

Etymology

cata- +‎ electrode

Noun

catelectrode (plural catelectrodes)

1. (physics, archaic) The negative electrode or pole of a voltaic battery.
   • 1843, “Voltaic Electricity”, in The Christian Remembrancer:

     the catelectrode or cathode, that is, the way by which electricity goes out of substances through which it passes

References

• “catelectrode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.