"electronegative" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-electronegative.wav Forms: more electronegative [comparative], most electronegative [superlative]
Etymology: From electro- + negative. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|electro|negative}} electro- + negative Head templates: {{en-adj}} electronegative (comparative more electronegative, superlative most electronegative)
  1. having a negative electric charge
    Sense id: en-electronegative-en-adj-AcIscgw2 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with electro-, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with electro-: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 49 51
  2. (chemistry) tending to attract electrons to form a chemical bond Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (tending to attract electrons): elektronegatiivinen (Finnish), ηλεκτραρνητικός (ilektrarnitikós) (Greek), elektronegatív (Hungarian), elektromosan negatív (Hungarian), negatív elektromos/villamos töltésű (Hungarian), leictridhiúltach (Irish), elektroujemny (Polish), электроотрица́тельный (elektrootricátelʹnyj) (Russian), elektronegatívny (Slovak), dagibaling (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-electronegative-en-adj-bcyS-RGY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with electro-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with electro-: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 27 73 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'tending to attract electrons': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: electronegatively, electronegativity
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