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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having a positive charge;
- Example: "protons are positive"
[syn: positive, electropositive, positively charged]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Electro-positive \E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive\, a. 1. (Physics) Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, in electrolysis, while the associated body tends to the positive pole; -- the converse or correlative of electro-negative. [1913 Webster] Note: An element that is electro-positive in one compound may be electro-negative in another, and vice versa. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Electro-positive \E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive\, n. (Chem. & Physics) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis. Electro-puncturation
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

electropositive adj 1: having a positive charge; "protons are positive" [syn: positive, electropositive, positively charged]