ELECTRO-NEGATIVE

a.Repelled by bodies negatively electrified, and attracted by those positively electrified.

ELECTRO-NEGATIVE

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.

ELECTRO-NEGATIVE

ELECTRO-NEGATIVE E *lec `tro-neg "a *tive, n. (Chem. & Physics )