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Electronegative   Listen
adjective
Electronegative, Electro-negative  adj.  (Chem. & Physics)
1.
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.





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