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Webster 1913 Edition
Electro-positive
E-lecˊtro-pos′i-tive
,Adj.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Electro-positive
ELECTRO-POS'ITIVE
,Adj.