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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Proceeding from a nerve centre; efferent. not-comparable
2. 2
   Relating to, functioning as, or occurring at a cathode. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   of or at or pertaining to a cathode wordnet

Synonyms

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photoelectric

Antonyms

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anodic

Etymology

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

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