CATHODIC

cathodic

(adjective) of or at or pertaining to a cathode; “cathodic deposition of metals”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

cathodic (not comparable)

(anatomy) Proceeding from a nerve centre; efferent.

(physics) Of or pertaining to a cathode.

Anagrams

• chactoid

Source: Wiktionary


Ca*thod"ic, a. (Physiol.)

Definition: A term applied to the centrifugal, or efferent course of the nervous infuence. Marshall Hall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 May 2025

OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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