Hypertext Webster Gateway: "electronegative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Electro-negative \E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive\, n. (Chem. & Physics)
A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Electro-negative \E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive\, a. (Chem. & Physics)
(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 that opposite
electricities attract each other.
(b) Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive,
metallic, or basic.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
electronegative
adj : having a negative electric charge; "electrons are negative"
[syn: {negative}] [ant: {neutral}, {positive}]
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