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positive charge

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positive charge [′päz·əd·iv ′chärj]
(electricity)
The type of charge which is possessed by protons in ordinary matter, and which may be produced in a glass object by rubbing with silk.


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For example, the observed behavior of the Earth revolving around the sun can be perfectly explained if the sun has a net positive charge and the planets have a net negative charge, since opposite charges attract and the force is an inverse-square law, exactly like the increasingly discredited theory of gravity.
This excess positive charge must be balanced with more anionic additives.
A thin layer of the amino acid lysine, used to put a positive charge on the wafer's surface, also fed the bacteria.
 
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