E·lec·tro-pos·i·tive, n. Chem. & Physics A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.
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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.
electropositive
adj : having a positive electric charge; "protons are positive"
[syn: positive] [ant: negative, neutral]