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Webster 1913 Edition


Electro-negative

E-lecˊtro-neg′a-tive

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Noun.
(Chem. & Physics)
A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis; an anion.

Webster 1828 Edition


Electro-negative

ELECTRO-NEG'ATIVE

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