Cathode

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device
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