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Electropositive is an English word with synonyms like positive or negative. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Electropositive in a sentence

Electropositive meaning

  1. having a positive electric charge
  2. tending to release electrons to form a chemical bond

Synonyms of Electropositive

positive negative neutral

Related words

Other words often associated with Electropositive or its synonyms:

affirmative minus nonsubjective neutralised advantageous destructive unsupportive counter dissident indifferent constructive dismissive

Using Electropositive

  • The main meaning on this page is: having a positive electric charge | tending to release electrons to form a chemical bond
  • Useful related words include: positive, negative, neutral.
  • In the example corpus, electropositive often appears in combinations such as: most electropositive, more electropositive, electropositive of.

Context around Electropositive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

strongly 1× highly 1× less 1×

Often after:

metals 2× chemical 1× center 1× phenolic 1× elements 1× metal 1× cation 1×

Sentence patterns with Electropositive

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a strongly electropositive center may 1× and the electropositive phenolic proton 1× for highly electropositive elements such 1× is more electropositive than other 1× or less electropositive metals the 1× reactive and electropositive metal 1× second most electropositive of the 1× the more electropositive of these 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a hydroxide attached 1× an image of 1× being a flammable 1× for highly electropositive 1× greenwood and earnshaw 1× perey named the 1×

Common sentence endings:

and electropositive metal 1× be violently explosive 1× compound an acid 1× electropositive chemical element 1× example being cyanide 1× of the elements 1×

Words around Electropositive

Just before it in the word index:

electroporator 2 electroporation 18 electropop 5 electroplating 20 electroplated 8 electrophysiology 12

Just after it in the word index:

electropositivity 2 electroreduction 2 electrorefining 2 electroscope 6 electroshock 16 electrostatic 152

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 14 aamer 14 aave 14 abadan 14 abdelmadjid 14 abdulkarim 14

Corpus analysis for Electropositive

  • In this selection, "electropositive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, strongly, highly, less, metals, chemical and center stand out and add context to how "electropositive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a strongly electropositive center may and and the electropositive phenolic proton. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "electropositive" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with electropositive

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Greenwood and Earnshaw, p. 1262 Reactivity Thorium is a highly reactive and electropositive metal. (14 words)

With these non-active or less electropositive metals the products depend on temperature and the acid concentration. (17 words)

It is the second most electropositive of the non-radioactive alkali metals and melts at a temperature of convert. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Perey named the new isotope actinium-K (it is now referred to as francium-223) and in 1946, she proposed the name catium for her newly discovered element, as she believed it to be the most electropositive cation of the elements. (41 words)

Some small differences arise from the fact that it has a higher atomic mass and is more electropositive than other (nonradioactive) alkali metals. citation Caesium is the most electropositive chemical element. (31 words)

The order of the metals for this effect is the same as in Volta's series for contact-electricity, the most electropositive metals giving the largest photo-electric effect. (29 words)

Example sentences (10)

Some small differences arise from the fact that it has a higher atomic mass and is more electropositive than other (nonradioactive) alkali metals. citation Caesium is the most electropositive chemical element.

A hydroxide attached to a strongly electropositive center may itself ionize, liberating a hydrogen cation (H + ), making the parent compound an acid.

An image of a computed electrostatic surface of neutral phenol, showing neutral regions in green, electronegative areas in orange-red, and the electropositive phenolic proton in blue.

Being a flammable gas, the hydrogen given off is dangerous and the reaction of water with the more electropositive of these elements may be violently explosive.

For highly electropositive elements, such as lithium and sodium, the carbon ligand exhibits carbanionic character, but free carbon-based anions are extremely rare, an example being cyanide.

Greenwood and Earnshaw, p. 1262 Reactivity Thorium is a highly reactive and electropositive metal.

It is the second most electropositive of the non-radioactive alkali metals and melts at a temperature of convert.

Perey named the new isotope actinium-K (it is now referred to as francium-223) and in 1946, she proposed the name catium for her newly discovered element, as she believed it to be the most electropositive cation of the elements.

The order of the metals for this effect is the same as in Volta's series for contact-electricity, the most electropositive metals giving the largest photo-electric effect.

With these non-active or less electropositive metals the products depend on temperature and the acid concentration.

Common combinations with electropositive

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "electropositive" in a sentence?
An example: "Some small differences arise from the fact that it has a higher atomic mass and is more electropositive than other (nonradioactive) alkali metals. citation Caesium is the most electropositive chemical element." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "electropositive" from authentic English texts.
What does "electropositive" mean?
Electropositive means: having a positive electric charge
What are synonyms of "electropositive"?
Common synonyms of "electropositive" include: positive, negative, neutral.
How many example sentences with "electropositive" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "electropositive", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.