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Definition of Negative

negative
Reversed Re*versed", a. 1. Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary; specifically (Bot. & Zo["o]l.), sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell. 2. (Law) Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree. Reversed positive or negative (Photog.), a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left. --Abney.
Negative
Negative Neg"a*tive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Negatived; p. pr. & vb. n. Negativing.] 1. To prove unreal or intrue; to disprove. The omission or infrequency of such recitals does not negative the existence of miracles. --Paley. 2. To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill. 3. To neutralize the force of; to counteract.

Meaning of Negative from wikipedia

- Negative may refer to: Negative number Negative m**** Negative energy Electrical polarity Negative result (disambiguation) Negative lenses, uses to describe...
- Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are...
- Negative room pressure is an isolation technique used in hospitals and medical centers to prevent cross-contamination from room to room. It includes a...
- In mathematics, a negative number is a real number that is less than zero. Negative numbers represent opposites. If positive represents a movement to...
- Negative Man is a fictional superhero from DC Comics. The character was created by Bob Haney, Arnold Drake, and Bruno Premiani and made his first appearance...
- In photography, a negative is an image, usually on a strip or sheet of transparent plastic film, in which the lightest areas of the photographed subject...
- Mister Negative (Martin Li) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as an enemy of Spider-Man...
- condition). Specificity (also called the true negative rate) measures the proportion of actual negatives that are correctly identified as such (e.g., the...
- Negative feedback (or balancing feedback) occurs when some function of the output of a system, process, or mechanism is fed back in a manner that tends...
- Type O Negative was an American gothic metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1989, by Peter Steele (lead vocals, b****), Kenny Hickey (guitar, co-lead...
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