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. |
| 2. | (Chem.) Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; - distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid. | |
| n. | 1. | (Chem. & Physics) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis. |