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anticathode
CIDE DICTIONARY
anticathode, n.
The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
anticathode, n. the target (or anode) of an X-ray tube on which the electrons from the cathode impinge and from which X-rays are emitted.
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