electro-positive Meaning, Definition & Usage

E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive adjective

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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. ✍ 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.

E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive noun

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1. (Chem. & Physics) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.