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NEGATIVE ELECTRODE [3 records]

Record 1 2017-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cells and Batteries
DEF

The electrode which acts as anode during discharge.

OBS

negative plate: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Piles et accumulateurs
OBS

plaque négative : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pilas y acumuladores
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Record 2 2011-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrolysis (Electrokinetics)
  • Electrometallurgy
DEF

In electrolysis, the electrode at which positive ions are discharged, negative ions are formed or other reducing reactions, such as the deposition of metal, occur.

OBS

cathode: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrolyse (Électrocinétique)
  • Électrométallurgie
DEF

En électrolyse, électrode sur laquelle les ions positifs se déchargent, les ions négatifs se forment ou d'autres réactions de réduction, telles que le dépôt d'un métal, se produisent.

OBS

cathode : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electrólisis (Electrocinética)
  • Electrometalurgia
DEF

Electrodo que se halla conectado con el polo negativo de un generador de corriente eléctrica y por el cual sale ésta del circuito.

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Record 3 2002-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
DEF

In a vacuum tube such as an x-ray tube, the heated electrode from which electrons are ejected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique radiologique et applications
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
DEF

Électrode généralement en tungstène incandescente et qui émet des électrons dans un tube à rayons X.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física radiológica (Teoría y aplicación)
  • Radiografía (Medicina)
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