positive electricity

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. the electricity present in a body or substance that has a deficiency of electrons, as the electricity developed on glass when rubbed with silk.

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Example Sentences

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

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

Some of these little entities were charged with positive electricity, some with negative; some were electrically neutral or inert.

From Time Magazine Archive

But how can we account for the positive electricity of the smoke, and the negative electricity of the falling ashes?

From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Palmieri, Luigi