01 a. 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 …
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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. Contrasted with neutral and electropositive(Chem. & Physics)
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Negative; nonmetallic; acidic; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.
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carrying a negative electrical charge.(Physics)
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having a tendency to take up electrons and form negative ions; having a relatively positive electrode potential.(Chem. and Physics)