negative electricity

American  

noun

1. the electricity present in a body or substance that has an excess of electrons, as the electricity developed on a resin when rubbed with flannel.

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Etymology

Origin of negative electricity

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

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negative electricity

Since electrons are negative electricity, their departure covers the glass with an invisible picture in positive electricity.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is now believed that all matter is made up of "electrons," particles of negative electricity, and "protons," particles of positive electricity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus the atom is conceived as a positive nucleus wrapped in a throbbing field of negative electricity.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is practically established that particles of positive and negative electricity are the fundamental units which build up our universe.

From Time Magazine Archive

These particles of negative electricity have been christened electrons, electron being the Greek word for amber, from which man first obtained electricity.

From Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion by Charles R. (Charles Robert) Gibson