Electro-negative /(?)/

E·lec·tro-neg·a·tive

Electro-negative

a.
  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 (Chem. & Physics)
  2. Negative; nonmetallic; acidic; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.
  3. carrying a negative electrical charge. (Physics)
  4. having a tendency to take up electrons and form negative ions; having a relatively positive electrode potential. (Chem. and Physics)

Electro-negative

n.
  1. A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis; an anion. (Chem. & Physics)