"electropositive" meaning in English

See electropositive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more electropositive [comparative], most electropositive [superlative]
Etymology: electro- + positive Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|electro|positive}} electro- + positive Head templates: {{en-adj}} electropositive (comparative more electropositive, superlative most electropositive)
  1. having a positive electric charge
    Sense id: en-electropositive-en-adj-~yF67Rmn Categories (other): English terms prefixed with electro-, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with electro-: 42 31 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 40 32 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 38 39
  2. (chemistry) tending to release electrons to form a chemical bond Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (tending to release electrons): elektropositiivinen (Finnish), elektropozitív (Hungarian), elektromosan pozitív (Hungarian), pozitív villamos/elektromos töltésű (Hungarian), elektrododatni [masculine] (Polish), electropozitiv [masculine] (Romanian), elektropozitívny (Slovak), dagitahas (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-electropositive-en-adj-N-v4b8RP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 46 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 46 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 38 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 26 46 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 26 46 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 26 46 28 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'tending to release electrons': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: electropositivity

Noun

Forms: electropositives [plural]
Etymology: electro- + positive Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|electro|positive}} electro- + positive Head templates: {{en-noun}} electropositive (plural electropositives)
  1. (dated, chemistry, physics) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Chemistry, Physics
    Sense id: en-electropositive-en-noun-EKxawfE9 Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 38 39 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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