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[syn: negative, electronegative, negatively charged]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Electro-negative \E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive\, n. (Chem. & Physics)
A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis; an
anion.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Electro-negative \E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive\, Electronegative
\E*lec`tro*neg"a*tive\, a. (Chem. & Physics)
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. Contrasted with
neutral and electropositive
[1913 Webster]
2. Negative; nonmetallic; acidic; -- opposed to positive,
metallic, or basic.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Physics) carrying a negative electrical charge.
[PJC]
4. (Chem. and Physics) having a tendency to take up electrons
and form negative ions; having a relatively positive
electrode potential.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
electronegative
adj 1: having a negative charge; "electrons are negative" [syn:
negative, electronegative, negatively charged]