negative electricity

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noun

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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Origin of negative electricity

First recorded in 1745–55

Words nearby negative electricity

negate, negation, negative, negative amortization, negative catalyst, negative electricity, negative equity, negative feedback, negative flag, negative glow, negative hallucination

How to use negative electricity in a sentence

Positive and negative electricity may be distinguished from each other by the manner in which they appear at the points of bodies.
Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry|Joseph Priestley
There is reason for believing, therefore, that the cathode rays are rapidly moving charges of negative electricity.
A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams
But how can we account for the positive electricity of the smoke, and the negative electricity of the falling ashes?
The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872|Luigi Palmieri
To-day we have definite experimental proof that negative electricity is composed of separate particles or units.
Autobiography of an Electron|Charles R. (Charles Robert) Gibson

It will be well to keep clearly in mind that an electron is a real particle of negative electricity.
Autobiography of an Electron|Charles R. (Charles Robert) Gibson