Negative

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Expressing, containing, or consisting of a negation, refusal, or denial.
  • adjective. Indicating opposition or resistance.
  • adjective. Lacking positive or constructive features, especially.
  • adjective. Unpleasant; disagreeable.
  • adjective. Gloomy; pessimistic.
  • adjective. Unfavorable or detrimental.
  • adjective. Hostile or disparaging; malicious.
  • adjective. Not indicating the presence of a particular disease, condition, or organism.
  • adjective. Designating a proposition that denies agreement between a subject and its predicate.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of or relating to a quantity less than zero.
  • adjective. Of or relating to the sign (−).
  • adjective. Of or relating to a quantity to be subtracted from another.
  • adjective. Of or relating to a quantity, number, angle, velocity, or direction in a sense opposite to another of the same magnitude indicated or understood to be positive.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of or relating to an electric charge of the same sign as that of an electron, indicated by the symbol (−).
  • adjective. Of or relating to a body that has more electrons than protons.
  • adjective. Of or relating to an ion, the anion, that is attracted to a positive electrode.
  • adjective. Moving or turning away from a stimulus, such as light.
  • noun. A statement or act indicating or expressing a contradiction, denial, or refusal.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A statement or act that is highly critical of another or of others.
  • noun. Something that lacks all positive, affirmative, or encouraging features; an element that is the counterpoint of the positive.
  • noun. A feature or characteristic that is not deemed positive, affirmative, or desirable.
  • noun. A word or part of a word, such as no, not, or non-, that indicates negation.
  • noun. The side in a debate that contradicts or opposes the question being debated.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An image in which the light areas of the object rendered appear dark and the dark areas appear light.
  • noun. A film, plate, or other photographic material containing such an image.
  • noun. A negative quantity.
  • transitive verb. To refuse to approve; veto.
  • transitive verb. To deny; contradict.
  • transitive verb. To demonstrate to be false; disprove.
  • transitive verb. To counteract or neutralize.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To deny, as a statement or proposition; affirm the contradictory of; contradict; negate.
  • To disprove; prove the contrary of.
  • To refuse assent to; refuse to enact or sanction; veto.
  • In grammar, to modify by a negative particle: alter by the substitution of a negative for a positive word.
  • Expressing or containing denial or negation: opposed to affirmative: as, a negative proposition.
  • Expressing or containing refusal; containing or implying the answer “No” to a request: as, a negative answer.
  • Characterized by the omission or absence of that which is affirmative or positive: as, a negative attitude; negative goodness.
  • Having the power of stopping or restraining by refusing assent or concurrence; imposing a veto.
  • In photography, showing the lights and shades in nature exactly reversed: as, a negative picture; a negative plate. See II., 5.
  • Measured or reckoned in the opposite direction to that which is considered as positive; neutralizing the positive: as, a debt is negative property.
  • Electricity developed by friction on resinous substances, as by rubbing sealing-wax with silk or flannel; resinous electricity.
  • noun. A proposition expressing a negation; a negative proposition.
  • noun. A term or word which expresses negation or denial.
  • noun. The right or power of refusing assent; a veto; also, the power of preventing.
  • noun. That side of a question which denies what the opposite side affirms; also, a decision or an answer expressive of negation: as, the question was determined in the negative.
  • Word Usage
    "And the nearer such part or section may be to the negative pole in the positive post, so much the more _negative_ it will be."
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