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jmdict 1662150 Active (id: 2105398)
陽電気
ようでんき
1. [n] {electricity, elec. eng.}
▶ positive charge
▶ positive electricity
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1377630 正電気【せいでんき】 1. positive charge; positive electricity



History:
3. A 2021-06-15 01:51:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
My formal training in physics was way back in the last century, but "positive electricity" sounds a bit odd. All the JEs use it, but still ... . I'm OK with it as a gloss, but I'd prefer it not to first.
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12,2 @@
+<field>&elec;</field>
+<gloss>positive charge</gloss>
@@ -13 +14,0 @@
-<gloss>positive charge</gloss>
2. A* 2021-06-13 15:38:16  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/positive-electricity
  Comments:
Not 100% certain about this.
  Diff:
@@ -12,3 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>positive electric charge</gloss>
-<gloss>positive (static) charge</gloss>
-<gloss>(sometimes called "positive electricity")</gloss>
+<gloss>positive electricity</gloss>
+<gloss>positive charge</gloss>
1. A* 2021-06-12 07:25:54  dine
  Comments:
How should we convert the last gloss? (Please also fix 1377630 and 1170420)

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