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

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

Then parallel steel plates charged with negative electricity snatch and hold the electrified particles, removing from them 95% of the airborne dirt.

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

Developed by Hebrew University scientists, the device supplies negative electricity to an indoor area, bringing relief to overcharged victims.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of these parts, he said, was characterized by positive, the other by negative electricity.

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