'Cathode ray' definitions:
Definition of 'cathode ray'
(from WordNet)
noun
A beam of electrons emitted by the cathode of an electrical discharge tube
Definition of 'Cathode ray'
From: GCIDE
- Cathode \Cath"ode\, n. [Gr. ? descent; ? down + ? 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.), a kind of ray generated at the cathode in a vacuum tube, by the electrical discharge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cathode ray'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actinic ray,
- alpha radiation,
- alpha ray,
- anode ray,
- Becquerel ray,
- beta radiation,
- beta ray,
- canal ray,
- cathode glow,
- collision emission,
- cosmic radiation,
- cosmic ray,
- cosmic ray bombardment,
- electron beam,
- electron emission,
- electron ray,
- field emission,
- gamma radiation,
- gamma ray,
- glow discharge,
- Grenz ray,
- grid emission,
- infraroentgen ray,
- nuclear rays,
- photoemission,
- positive ray,
- radiorays,
- Roentgen ray,
- secondary emission,
- thermionic emission,
- thermionic grid emission,
- X radiation,
- X ray