ELECTRO-POSITIVE

E‐lec′tro–pos″i‐tive (?), a. 1. 1. (Physics) Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, in electrolysis, while the associated body tends to the positive pole; — the converse or correlative of electro-negative.
☞ An element that is electro-positive in one compound may be electro-negative in another, and vice versa. 2. 2. (Chem.) Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; — distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid.