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1851 H. Medlock tr. F. Schoedler Bk. Nature i. 232 In the following electrical series, the elements are so arranged that each substance deports itself electro-negatively towards those which follow, and electro-positively to those which precede it.

1856 Sci. Amer. 19 Apr. 251/3 The basket is attached to the negative pole of the battery, and consequently its contents, and the hand also,..become affected electro negatively.

1888 Proc. Royal Soc. 44 164 A local galvanic current is set up between the polar terminals and..less magnetised portion of the bar, the more magnetically-neutral zones acting electro-negatively in relation to the poles.

1905 W. Simon Man. Chem. (ed. 8) ii. viii. 94 Each element in the table below behaves electro-negatively toward those following, and electro-positively toward those preceding.

1994 Jrnl. Parasitol. 80 530/1 These sites were contributed by carboxylate or phosphate groups rather than more strongly electronegatively charged groups.