ELECTRO-NEGATIVE


Meaning of ELECTRO-NEGATIVE in English

noun a body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.

2. electro-negative ·adj negative; nonmetallic; acid;

— opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.

3. electro-negative ·adj 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.

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