# cathodic

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #97,919

## Definitions
1. Proceeding from a nerve centre; efferent.
2. Relating to, functioning as, or occurring at a cathode.

## Etymology
From cathode + -ic. Coined by William Whewell in 1837 in a letter to Michael Faraday.

## Source
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