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

The earth is, of course, a great sphere, and carries an enormous charge of negative electricity.

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

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

Some oxides are positive, others negative, said Berzelius; but acids are characterized by negative electricity, therefore the presence of oxygen in a compound does not always confer on that compound acid properties.

From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)