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[syn: positive, electropositive, positively charged]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Electro-positive \E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive\, n. (Chem. & Physics)
A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.
Electro-puncturation
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
electropositive
adj 1: having a positive charge; "protons are positive" [syn:
positive, electropositive, positively charged]