Talk:cathode
Latest comment: 8 months ago by 1.145.100.46 in topic Anode and cathode are not antonyms
EN: Three definitions are synonymous[edit]
The first three "definitions" given are in reality synonymous as one follows from the other. The terminals of the galvanic and electrolytic cells are where the reduction takes place. In fact all four are the same in the sense that a cathode is the place where electrons leave the electrode to enter the medium it is in. Jcwf 02:05, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Just as Salt and Pepper aren't.
They're definitely related terms, but not opposites.
Saintrain (talk) 16:58, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
- I've changed them to 'Coordinate terms'. - -sche (discuss) 21:55, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
- Changed heading to "Antonyms".
- Analogy to "salt and pepper" doesn't hold.
- Better analogies are the contrasts between
- positive and negative (as for the applicable voltage);
- up and down (as per the etymology); and
- in and out (as for the flow of a selected charge type).
- —DIV (1.145.100.46 12:37, 30 August 2023 (UTC))