Definition of "electropositive" [electropositive]

• Having a positive electric charge. (adjective)
• Capable of acting as a positive electrode. (adjective)
• Tending to release electrons to form a chemical bond. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "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."
• "If zinc has an affinity for oxygen, it must be because the zinc is either electropositive or electronegative to oxygen."
• "If it has a greater affinity for oxygen than copper has, then the zinc must be either electropositive or electronegative to copper."