Tom doesn't understand the difference between a cathode and an anode.
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Cathode
//ˈkæθ.oʊd//
Synonyms for "cathode" (8 found)
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2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
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1 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 40 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- կաթոդ noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Basque
1 entries- katodo noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Belarusian
1 entries- като́д noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Bulgarian
1 entries- като́д noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Catalan
1 entries- càtode noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 正極 /正极 noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
- 陰極 /阴极 noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Czech
1 entries- katoda noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Dutch
1 entries- kathode noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Esperanto
1 entries- katodo noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Estonian
1 entries- katood noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Finnish
1 entries- katodi noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
French
1 entries- cathode noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Galician
1 entries- cátodo noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
German
2 entries- Kathode noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
- Minuspol noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Gujarati
1 entries- ઋણાગ્ર noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻūholo uila ʻine noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Hindi
2 entries- ऋणाग्र noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
- कैथोड noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Hungarian
1 entries- katód noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Icelandic
4 entries- bakskaut noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
- katóða noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
- mínusskaut noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
- neikvætt rafskaut noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Indonesian
1 entries- katode noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Italian
1 entries- catodo noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Japanese
2 entries- カソード noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
- 陰極 noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Khmer
2 entries- កាតូដ noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
- កាតូត noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Korean
2 entries- 음극 noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
- 캐소드 noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Latvian
1 entries- katods noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Lithuanian
1 entries- katodas noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Macedonian
1 entries- като́да noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Malay
1 entries- katod noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Marathi
1 entries- ऋणाग्र noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Māori
2 entries- pito hopuirahiko noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
- pitoiho noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Persian
1 entries- کاتد noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Polish
1 entries- katoda noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Portuguese
3 entries- catodo noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
- catódio noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
- cátodo noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Russian
1 entries- като́д noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Spanish
1 entries- cátodo noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Swahili
1 entries- kathodi noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Swedish
1 entries- katod noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Tagalog
1 entries- balindas noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Ukrainian
1 entries- като́д noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Vietnamese
1 entries- âm cực noun (electrode through which current flows outward)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Cathode rays are beams of electrons.
Source: tatoeba (4982931)
The positive electrode is called the cathode.
Source: tatoeba (5940066)
Cathode rays carry a negative electric charge.
Source: tatoeba (10624188)
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