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Electropositive

E-lĕc'tro-pŏs'i-tive, a.

adjective

a. Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, while the associated body tends to the positive pole;—the converse or correlative of electro-negative.

☞ An element that is electro-positive in one compound may be electro-negative in another, and vice versa.

E-lĕc'tro-pŏs'i-tive, n.

noun

n. A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.