Found 2 items, similar to electronegative.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: electronegative
electronegative
adj : having a negative electric charge;
“electrons are negative”
[syn:
negative] [ant:
neutral,
positive]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Electronegative
Electro-negative
\E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive\, Electronegative
\E*lec`tro*neg"a*tive\, a. (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
[1913 Webster]
2. Negative; nonmetallic; acidic; -- opposed to
positive,
metallic, or
basic.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Physics) carrying a negative electrical charge.
[PJC]
4. (Chem. and Physics) having a tendency to take up electrons
and form negative ions; having a relatively positive
electrode potential.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]