positive electricity
Americannoun
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As the process continues, the raindrops become heavily loaded with positive electricity, while the rising air carries negative electricity to the top of the cloud.
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
A proton is a particle of positive electricity.
From Time Magazine Archive
It had a charge of positive electricity and its mass was .0000000000000000000000166 gram.
From Time Magazine Archive
But how can we account for the positive electricity of the smoke, and the negative electricity of the falling ashes?
From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Luigi Palmieri
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