characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions |
(chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond | the way two individuals relate to each other |
an amount less than zero | the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object |
the character of the negative electric pole | |