n. (Phys.) The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. asphodelus, Gr. &unr_;. See Daffodil. ] (Bot.) A general name for a plant of the genus
☞ The name is also popularly given to species of other genera. The asphodel of the early English and French poets was the daffodil. The asphodel of the Greek poets is supposed to be the Narcissus poeticus. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pansies, and violets, and asphodel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ Gr. &unr_; descent; &unr_; down + &unr_; way. ] (Physics) 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. Faraday. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cathode ray (Phys.),
the old imp. of chide. See Chide. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr.
pos>n. A cathode that emits electrons when illuminated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; the rose + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; resin. ] (Chem.) Same as Convolvuln. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. scāde, fr. sceádan. See Shed, v. t. ]
Full straight and even lay his jolly shode. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A package of gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Zoantharia, and Deme. ] (Zool.) The zooids of a compound anthozoan, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]