negative electricity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of negative electricity
First recorded in 1745–55
Example Sentences
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One belt carried negative electricity, the other positive.
From Time Magazine Archive
The earth is, of course, a great sphere, and carries an enormous charge of negative electricity.
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
Then parallel steel plates charged with negative electricity snatch and hold the electrified particles, removing from them 95% of the airborne dirt.
From Time Magazine Archive
When a surplus of these detachable electrons is crowded on to any object, we say that it is charged with negative electricity.
From Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion by Gibson, Charles R. (Charles Robert)
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