Electro-positive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Electro-positive \E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive\, a.
     1. (Physics) Of such a nature relatively to some other
        associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole
        of a voltaic battery, in electrolysis, while the
        associated body tends to the positive pole; -- the
        converse or correlative of electro-negative.


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     Note: An element that is electro-positive in one compound may
           be electro-negative in another, and vice versa.
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     2. (Chem.) Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished
        from negative, nonmetallic, or acid.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Electro-positive \E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive\, n. (Chem. & Physics)
     A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.
     Electro-puncturation

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  electropositive
       adj : having a positive electric charge; "protons are positive"
             [syn: {positive}] [ant: {negative}, {neutral}]