Thesaurus: electro-positive

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1. a. 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.
2. a. Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid.
3. n. A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.
4. 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. A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.
5. Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body orbodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, inelectrolysis, while the associated body tends to the positive pole; -- the converse or correlative of negative">electro-negative.