electronegative

About 0.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective having a negative electric charge
2. adjective tending to attract electrons to form a chemical bond

Similar words

negative electropositive positive electrophobic dielectrophilic polynegative monoanionic isoionic heteropolar trianionic

Often followed by

atom than element atoms elements oxygen and gases substituents

Word family

electronegativities electronegativity