- (a.) Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic or basic.
- (n.) A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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