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De - Pt| English Dictionary: electropositive | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for electropositive | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. Note: An element that is electro-positive in one compound may be electro-negative in another, and vice versa. 2. (Chem.) Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Electro-positive \E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive\, n. (Chem. & Physics) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis. | |
