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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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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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus, consider a sphere uniformly charged with Q units of positive electricity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

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