Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, turned away from the direction in which the genetic spiral runs: said of that half of a leaf which has this characteristic. The opposite half is anodic. Göbel.
- Same as
cathodic , 2.
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Examples
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"Am I to understand that you think that the moon is a solid mass of artemisium, and that no matter where your radiant force strikes it a 'kathodic pole' will be formed there from which atoms will be projected to the earth?"
The Moon Metal 1890
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