positive electricity

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. the electricity present in a body or substance that has a deficiency of electrons, as the electricity developed on glass when rubbed with silk.

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Example Sentences

These ions form a kind of electrical conductor: free protons move to the outside of the unit until they have carried away enough positive electricity to make the interior electrically neutral.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of these little entities were charged with positive electricity, some with negative; some were electrically neutral or inert.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Birkhoff system, the hydrogen atom is contemplated as a mixture of two "perfect fluids"�the positive electricity of the nucleus, the negative electricity of the surrounding electron.

From Time Magazine Archive

It had a charge of positive electricity and its mass was .0000000000000000000000166 gram.

From Time Magazine Archive

Franklin called the electricity excited upon glass by rubbing it with silk positive electricity, and that produced on resinous bodies by friction with wool or fur, negative electricity.

From Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications by Hawkins, Nehemiah