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cath·ode
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unipotential
Electricity, Electronics. having uniform electric potential throughout, as a hot cathode (unipotential cathode) indirectly heated by a separate heater circuit so that there is no lateral change of voltage across the cathode due to resistance to a heating current. -
anticathode
the target electrode for the stream of electrons in a vacuum tube, esp an X-ray tube -
aston dark space
the dark region between the cathode and the cathode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low. -
cathode ray
a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam. -
cathodic
pertaining to a cathode or phenomena in its vicinity. -
cathodoluminescence
luminescence caused by irradiation with electrons (cathode rays)