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 top of the cloud is charged with negative electricity, the bottom with positive.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is now believed that all matter is made up of "electrons," particles of negative electricity, and "protons," particles of positive 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

As the process continues, the raindrops become heavily loaded with positive electricity, while the rising air carries negative electricity to the top of the cloud.

From Time Magazine Archive

When two atoms combine chemically the positive electricity in one neutralizes the negative electricity in the other.

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