electro-positive

E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive, a. 1. (Physics) Defn: 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.) Defn: Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid. E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive, n. (Chem. & Physics) Defn: A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.

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