In chemistry, the solution found in the cathode region of an electrochemical cell.
From 'cathode' + '-lyte' (electrolyte). The term combines the Greek 'kathodos' (way down) with '-lyte' from Greek 'lysis' (loosening), referring to the electrolyte at the cathode.
Catholy is to electrolysis what the word 'anode' is—they're paired opposites that chemists coined in the 1830s to describe the two regions of electrical current flow through solutions.
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