English Dictionary: electronegative | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for electronegative | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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 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. |