Electro-Negative

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.

Part of speech: adjective (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.

2. Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.