positive electricity; positive charge
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
positive electricity; positive charge (electricity carried by protons, occurring when an object loses electrons)
technicalFormerly known as 阳电 (yáng diàn). In physics, this refers to the charge carried by protons, opposite to negative electricity carried by electrons.
Zhì质
zǐ子
dài带
zhèng正
diàn电
。
Protons carry positive electricity.
Bō玻
li璃
bàng棒
yǔ与
sī丝
chóu绸
mó摩
cā擦
hòu后
huì会
dài带
zhèng正
diàn电
。
A glass rod becomes positively charged after being rubbed with silk.
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Zhèng正
diàn电
hè荷
yǔ与
fù负
diàn电
hè荷
xiāng相
hù互
xī吸
yǐn引
。
Positive and negative charges attract each other.