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cathodic

cathodic adjective: proceeding from a nerve centre; efferent.

Adjective

cathodic (not comparable)

  1. Proceeding from a nerve centre; efferent.
  2. Relating to, functioning as, or occurring at a cathode.

Forms of cathodic

alternative form (archaic)kathodic

Origin of cathodic

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

Words formed from cathodic

Questions about cathodic

What does cathodic mean?
Cathodic means proceeding from a nerve centre; efferent.
What part of speech is cathodic?
Cathodic is an adjective.

Words near cathodic in the dictionary

  1. cathode-ray tube
  2. cathode-ray tubes
  3. cathodegraph
  4. cathodegraphs
  5. cathodes
  6. cathodic
  7. cathodically
  8. cathodochromic
  9. cathodochromism
  10. cathodograph
  11. cathodographs

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