'Electro-negative' definitions:
Definition of 'Electro-negative'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Electro-negative'
From: GCIDE
- 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]