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adjective Physical Chemistry.
1.
containing negative electricity; tending to migrate to the positive pole in electrolysis.
2.
assuming negative potential when in contact with a dissimilar substance.
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Electronegativity
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- Pauling helped explain the chemical bonds at work within molecules and the electronegativity of atoms.
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electronegative e·lec·tro·neg·a·tive (ĭ-lěk'trō-něg'ə-tĭv)
adj.
Having a negative electric charge.
Tending to attract electrons to form a chemical bond.
Capable of acting as a negative electrode.
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electronegativity
in chemistry, the ability of an atom to attract to itself an electron pair shared with another atom in a chemical bond
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