陰いん極きょく

noun

cathode; negative pole; minus terminal

Technical term in electricity and electronics; the electrode where reduction occurs or from which electrons flow into a device.

See also: 陽極

• 電でん池ちの陰いん極きょくと陽よう極きょくを正ただしく接せつ続ぞくしてください。

  Please connect the battery's cathode and anode correctly.

• 陰いん極きょく線せんは電でん子しの流ながれである。

  Cathode rays are a flow of electrons.