Electro-negative

Related to Electro-negative: Electron affinity, Atomic radius, Inductive effect

E`lec`tro-neg´a`tive


a.1.(Chem. & Physics) 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 and electropositive
2.Negative; nonmetallic; acidic; - opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.
3.(Physics) carrying a negative electrical charge.
4.(Chem. and Physics) having a tendency to take up electrons and form negative ions; having a relatively positive electrode potential.
n.1.(Chem. & Physics) A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis; an anion.