NEGATIVELY CHARGED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does negatively charged mean? 

• NEGATIVELY CHARGED (adjective)
  The adjective NEGATIVELY CHARGED has 1 sense:

1. having a negative charge

  Familiarity information: NEGATIVELY CHARGED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEGATIVELY CHARGED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a negative charge

Synonyms:

electronegative; negative; negatively charged

Context example:

electrons are negative

Similar:

charged (of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge)

 Context examples 

Snow is positively charged, while silicon is negatively charged.

(Nanogenerator Creates Electricity from Snowfall, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

By exposing cationic sites on the protein that promote ionic interaction with the negatively charged DNA backbone, Histone Deacetylation induces DNA condensation and regulates genetic functions, such as transcription.

(Histone Deacetylation, NCI Thesaurus)

Ionic silver has a high affinity for negatively charged side groups on microbial cell proteins.

(Ionic Silver-Impregnated Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose Antimicrobial Dressing, NCI Thesaurus)

Polymyxin B sulfate, a polypeptide produced by Bacillus polymyxa, binds to negatively charged phospholipids in the cell membrane, thereby altering the permeability of the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane.

(Neosporin Cream, NCI Thesaurus)

Polymyxin B sulfate, a polypeptide produced by Bacillus polymyxa, binds to the negatively charged phospholipids in the cell membrane, thereby altering the permeability of the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane.

(Neosporin Ophthalmic, NCI Thesaurus)

Subsequently, the positively charged CLIP 71 moiety of this agent interacts with the negatively charged membrane on the cancer cell surface, which may result in cell membrane disruption and cell lysis.

(Membrane-Disrupting Peptide EP-100, NCI Thesaurus)

The GV+ interacts with negatively charged components of the bacterial cell wall including lipopolysaccharides, peptidoglycan and DNA.

(Gentian Violet, NCI Thesaurus)

Since gram positive bacteria are more negatively charged, they are more sensitive to this agent.

(Chlorhexidine, NCI Thesaurus)

Chlorhexidine gluconate is positively charged and reacts with the negatively charged microbial cell surface, thereby destroying the integrity of the cell membrane.

(Chlorhexidine Gluconate, NCI Thesaurus)

A stream of electrons (small negatively charged particles found in atoms) that can be used for radiation therapy.

(Electron beam, NCI Dictionary)