cathode

Other forms of cathode

plural

cathodes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cathode

What does cathode mean?

cathode means "a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cathode?

cathode has 2 syllables: cat-hode. The stress falls on "cat". In IPA it is /ˈkæˌθoʊd/.

What is the opposite of cathode?

The recorded antonyms are anode, anode.

Is cathode a common word?

cathode is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.