Meaning & use
Cataphoresis
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The movement of charged colloidal particles through a fluid toward the cathode under the influence of an electric field.
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The technician used cataphoresis to deposit an even coating of paint onto the metal parts.
Early researchers studied cataphoresis to understand how particles carried electric charge.
A note on using this word
An older scientific term now largely replaced by "electrophoresis," though it survives in industrial processes like cataphoretic (e-coat) painting.
Words with a similar meaning
electrophoresis
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Words with an opposite meaning
anaphoresis
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