See Also: cathodic(medicine)
cathodic(dictionary)
cathodic protection(medicine)

cathodic (iou)



cathodic adjective. Also kathodic. M19.
[from CATHODE + -IC.]
Of or pertaining to a cathode.
cathodic protection prevention of corrosion of a metal structure by making it act as the cathode of an electrolytic cell.
cathodically adverb M20.