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Electro-negative



ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.
adjective
1.
Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other.
2.
Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.