ELECTROPOSITIVE

positive, electropositive, positively charged

(adjective) having a positive charge; “protons are positive”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

electropositive (comparative more electropositive, superlative most electropositive)

having a positive electric charge

(chemistry) tending to release electrons to form a chemical bond

Antonyms

• electronegative

Noun

electropositive (plural electropositives)

(dated, chemistry, physics) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.

Source: Wiktionary

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E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive, a.

1. (Physics)

Definition: 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.

Note: An element that is electro-positive in one compound may be electro-negative in another, and vice versa.

2. (Chem.)

Definition: Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid.

E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive, n. (Chem. & Physics)

Definition: A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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