Found 2 items, similar to Cathode ray.
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Definition: cathode ray
cathode ray
n : a beam of electrons emitted by the cathode of an electrical
discharge tube
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cathode ray
Cathode
\Cath"ode\, n. [Gr. ? descent; ? down + ? way.]
(Physics)
The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current
leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at
which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the
negative pole; -- opposed to anode. --Faraday.
[1913 Webster]
Cathode ray (Phys.), a kind of ray generated at the cathode
in a vacuum tube, by the electrical discharge.
[1913 Webster]