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electronegative
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective electronegative has 1 sense
- electronegative(s = adj.all) negative, negatively charged - having a negative charge; "electrons are negative"
CIDE DICTIONARY
electronegative, 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. Contrasted with
neutral andelectropositive [1913 Webster] - Negative; nonmetallic; acidic; -- opposed to
positive ,metallic , orbasic . [1913 Webster] - carrying a negative electrical charge. [PJC]
- having a tendency to take up electrons and form negative ions; having a relatively positive electrode potential. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
electronegative, adj.
1 electrically negative.
2 Chem. (of an element) tending to acquire electrons.
1 electrically negative.
2 Chem. (of an element) tending to acquire electrons.
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