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101centripetal current — an electric current passing through the body with the positive electrode on the nerve or at the periphery and the negative electrode near the nerve center: called also ascending c …
102ionic theory — a theory that, on going into solution, the molecules of an electrolyte either completely or partially break up or dissociate into two or more portions, these portions being positively and negatively charged electrically, the positively charged… …
103Lithium-Sulfur Battery — A battery that uses lithium in the negative electrode and a metal sulfide in the positive electrode, and the electrolyte is molten salt; can store large amounts of energy per unit weight …
104cathode — [kath′ōd΄] n. [coined by FARADAY Michael < Gr kathodos, descent < kata , down + ODE1] 1. in an electroplating cell, the negatively charged electrode, from which current flows 2. in an electron tube, the negatively charged electron emitter 3 …
105series — n. (pl. same) 1 a number of things of which each is similar to the preceding or in which each successive pair are similarly related; a sequence, succession, order, row, or set. 2 a set of successive games between the same teams. 3 a set of… …
106Ed|i|son-La|lande cell — «EHD uh suhn luh LAND», an electric cell with a positive electrode of copper oxide, a negative electrode of amalgamated zinc, and an electrolyte of sodium hydroxide. ╂[< Thomas Alva Edison and Felix Lalande, who invented it about 1880] …
107field emission — Physics. the removal of electrons from a metallic conductor by a strong electric field. [1925 30] * * * ▪ physics also called Cold Emission, discharge of electrons from the surface of a material subjected to a strong electric field. In… …
108anelectrotonus — Changes in excitability and conductivity in a nerve or muscle cell in the neighborhood of the anode during the passage of a constant electric current. [anelectrode + G. tonos, tension] * * * an·elec·trot·o·nus .an əl .ek trät ən əs …
109Anelectrotonus — An e*lec*trot o*nus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? up + E. electrotonus.] (Physiol.) The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it. Foster. [1913… …
110Silver — This article is about the chemical element. For the color, see Silver (color). For other uses, see Silver (disambiguation). palladium ← silver → cadmium …
