cathode raynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæθ.əʊd ˌreɪ//ˈkæθ.oʊd ˌreɪ/a flow of electrons sent out by a cathode inside a closed container from which the air has been removed or which contains a special gas
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- At the spot where the cathode rays strike the walls of the tube the essentially different X rays appear.
- Cathode rays are electrons in rapid motion.
- The beta particles emanating from radium were soon identified with the electrons of the cathode ray.
- There is no smaller projectile than the atom unless our belligerent chemists can find a way of using the electron stream of the cathode ray.
- This brings us to the discovery of cathode rays and the phenomena accompanying them, from which the latest stage in the history of electricity originated.