0 one of the electrodes (= object that electricity moves through) in a piece of electrical equipment. The cathode is the positive electrode in a battery and the negative electrode in an electrolytic cell.
1 one of the electrodes (= object that electricity moves through) in a piece of electrical equipment; the positive electrode in a battery (= device that produces electricity) and the negative electrode in most other electrical devices
In this way the necessary electrical resistance can very conveniently be inserted between the anode and cathode surfaces.
It gave very little gas at either electrode: that at the anode was oxygen, that at the cathode pure hydrogen.
The anodes and cathodes in each vessel are connected up in parallel similar to an ordinary storage battery, but the five electrolytic vessels are connected up in series.
The installation consists of five large electrolytic vessels, each of which is fitted up with five anodes and six cathodes arranged alternately.
The two faces of the cathode seem to emit rays which are deviated in a direction perpendicular to the lines of force by an electric field, and do not seem to be electrified.
The diameter of the cathode disc is 75 mm and its thickness is 3 mm.
Finally, we also observe that the electron temperature at breakdown decreases as the second ionization coefficient and the cathode increases.
The positive space charge of the ion layer near the cathode will shield the electric field.
