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Meaning of 'electro-negative' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Electro-negative [ a.]
- Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other.
- Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.
2 . Electro-negative [ n.]
- A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.

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