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

So-called negative electricity prices usually show up in wholesale power markets, when a big electricity user like a factory or a water treatment plant is paid to consume more power.

From New York Times

So instead of predicting peak demand then building power stations to meet it, energy managers will be able to trade in Negawatts - negative electricity.

From BBC

Modern two-prong electrical plugs have one prong that is larger than the other so that it receives positive electricity from one side and negative electricity on the other.

From Washington Post

In a Sept. 18 The Juice, Daniel Gross misstated that negative electricity prices could only happen in Texas.

From Slate

Thus the atom is conceived as a positive nucleus wrapped in a throbbing field of negative electricity.”

From Time