(1):
(a.) 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):
(n.) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.
(3):
(a.) Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; - distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid.
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