cathode

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That means that it has two components, One is called a cathode, the other an anode.

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  1. noun A negatively charged electrode, as of an electrolytic cell, a storage battery, or an electron tube.
  2. noun The positively charged terminal of a primary cell or a storage battery that is supplying current.

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  • A battery typically has four key components - the anode and cathode, an electrolyte that flows between them and a separator to keep the anode and cathode apart. —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
  • That means that it has two components, One is called a cathode, the other an anode. —  LearnHub Activities
  • Cathodes are reportedly more difficult to build because they have to be highly conducting, but most materials appropriate for a cathode are highly insulating. —  DailyTech Main News Feed
  • Using genetically engineered viruses that essentially build a cathode, the upshot is a battery that can be charged up to 100 times without losing any of its capacity (improvements are expected). —  Cool Hunting
  • The MIT researchers, during previous research, used bacterial viruses to duplicate the negative electrode, or anode, of a battery -- during the most recent research, however, MIT researchers used viruses for a positive electrode, called a cathode. —  CD Freaks News
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  1. Greek kathodos, descent : kat-, kata-, cata- + hodos, way, path.

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  1. from Greek κάθοδος, a going down, a way down, from κατά, down, + ὁδός, way.
 

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