Anticathode

//æn.ti.kæθ.oʊd// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

Etymology

From anti- + cathode.

Related phrases

x ray tube

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