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positive electricity

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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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A proton is a particle of positive electricity.

From Time Magazine Archive

It had a charge of positive electricity and its mass was .0000000000000000000000166 gram.

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

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

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

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