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cathode rays

cathode rays is the plural of cathode ray.

Meaning of cathode ray

Noun

cathode ray (plural cathode rays)

  1. A ray consisting of a stream of electrons in a vacuum tube that are emitted by the cathode and accelerated towards the anode by an electric field.

Questions about cathode rays

What is cathode rays the plural of?
Cathode rays is the plural of cathode ray.

Words near cathode rays in the dictionary

  1. cathode dark space
  2. cathode dark spaces
  3. cathode ray
  4. cathode ray tube
  5. cathode ray tubes
  6. cathode rays
  7. cathode-ray tube
  8. cathode-ray tubes
  9. cathodegraph
  10. cathodegraphs
  11. cathodes

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