If zinc has an affinity for oxygen, it must be because the zinc is either electropositive or electronegative to oxygen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference

If it has a greater affinity for oxygen than copper has, then the zinc must be either electropositive or electronegative to copper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference

Here electropositive copper combines with electronegative oxygen but in a way that leaves the combination slightly electropositive, whereas electropositive sulphur combines with oxygen in a way that leaves the combination slightly electronegative.    From Wordnik.com.  [Atomism from the 17th to the 20th Century] Reference

Neon for UI stuff is simply a reference to neon signs being brightly coloured and attracting the attention of people to tell them stuff, and Fluorine for gatewaying to the outside world because Fluorine has a very electronegative ion that binds aggressively to other atoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Snell-Pym » Designing a general data model] Reference

That makes lead dioxide much more electronegative than classical theory would predict.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference

That has the effect of making metallic lead less electropositive ie, more electronegative.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference

Lead dioxide, on the other hand, is highly electronegative, preferring to absorb electrons in chemical reactions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference

The oxygen, on the other hand, being more electronegative, likes to share electrons to create a more stable electron configuration.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Fluorine is the most electronegative and reactive element on the periodic table, so it can be easily combined with any other element.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Hydrogen bonding is a weak bond that occurs when two electronegative atoms, such as oxygen and nitrogen, interact with the same hydrogen.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

If the element chosen in one cell were more electronegative than the other, reduction would be favored in one cell, and oxidation in the other.    From Wordnik.com.  [LearnHub Activities] Reference

It was also shown that charge densities near the density of state peaks were substantially attracted toward the highly electronegative oxygen atoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

The Electronegativity view colorizes the period table to show how electronegative an element, with white being non-electronegative and red being the most electronegative.    From Wordnik.com.  [Netvouz - new bookmarks]

This electronegative element attracts the electron cloud from around the hydrogen nucleus and, by decentralizing the cloud, leaves the atom with a positive partial charge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

When either of these electronegative atoms are replaced by carbon or the distance between them is shorter than 11.5 Å or longer than 13.5 Å, their biological activity is dramatically decreased.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elites TV] Reference

The partial replacement of anions with highly electronegative isoelectronic ions makes it possible to fabricate HMAs whose properties can be dramatically altered with only a small amount of doping.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

This inhibitory mechanism has been investigated further to identify whether specific cluster (s) of electronegative amino acids in pro-Crp4 - (20-43) are responsible for blocking bactericidal activity and membrane disruption.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue] Reference

However, although the properties of these basic chemical reactions have been measured and understood to the nth degree, no one has been able to show from first principles exactly why lead and lead dioxide tend to be so electropositive and electronegative.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference

Using this approach we have generated both computer-aided and species-specific pharmacophore fingerprints of JH and its agonists, which revealed that the most active compounds must possess an electronegative atom (oxygen or nitrogen) at both ends of the molecule.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elites TV] Reference

(the more electronegative oxygen obtains greater share of carbon's electrons).    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

It’s actually a bit less electronegative than oxygen, so it isn’t obviously less likely to exist in a free state.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swimming Pool Air] Reference

Negative ions isn’t uncommon in man made low pressure plasmas, especially as electronegative or rather electron affine oxygen is a common contaminant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cosmic Soup - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

(oxidation = 'de-electronation') oxidation of a potassium atom to a potassium ion oxidation of a superoxide radical to an oxygen molecule oxidation of carbon to carbon dioxide; the more electronegative oxygen has greater share of electrons REDUCTION.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

3: to change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) parabola.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2003-10-01] Reference

Weak bond between H and electronegative atom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference