Negative
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Science and mathematics
- Negative number
- Negative massNegative massIn theoretical physics, negative mass is a hypothetical concept of matter whose mass is of opposite sign to the mass of the normal matter. Such matter would violate one or more energy conditions and show some strange properties such as being repelled rather than attracted by gravity. It is used in...
- Negative energy (disambiguation)
- Electrical polarityElectrical polarityElectrical polarity is present in every electrical circuit. Electrons flow from the negative pole to the positive pole. In a direct current circuit, one pole is always negative, the other pole is always positive and the electrons flow in one direction only...
- Negative result (disambiguation)
- Negative lenses, uses to describe diverging optics, see lens (optics)Lens (optics)A lens is an optical device with perfect or approximate axial symmetry which transmits and refracts light, converging or diverging the beam. A simple lens consists of a single optical element...
Photography
- Negative (photography)Negative (photography)In photography, a negative may refer to three different things, although they are all related.-A negative:Film for 35 mm cameras comes in long narrow strips of chemical-coated plastic or cellulose acetate. As each image is captured by the camera onto the film strip, the film strip advances so that...
, an image with inverted luminance or a strip of film with such an image - Original camera negativeOriginal camera negativeThe original camera negative is the film in a motion picture camera which captures the original image. This is the film from which all other copies will be made. It is known as raw stock prior to exposure....
, the film in a motion picture camera which captures the original image - Paper negativePaper negativeThe paper negative process consists of using a negative printed on paper to create the final print of a photograph, as opposed to using a modern negative on a film base of cellulose acetate...
, a negative image printed on paper used to create the final print of a photograph
Linguistics
- Negation (linguistics)
- No (word)/Negative, the opposite of "Yes/affirmative"
- Grammatical polarityGrammatical polarityGrammatical polarity is the distinction of affirmative and negative. In English, grammatical polarity is generally indicated by the presence or absence of the modifier not, which negates the statement. Many other languages contain similar modifiers: Italian and Interlingua have non, Spanish has...
, a grammatical concept
Entertainment
- Negative (Finnish band)Negative (Finnish band)Negative is a Finnish glam rock band founded at the end of 1997. Members of Negative cite musical influence such as Guns N' Roses, Queen, and Hanoi Rocks. The band itself labels the music as ”emotional rock’n roll”.- Members :...
, a Finnish band established in 1997 - Negative (Serbian band), a Serbian band established in 1999
- Negative (Negative album), 1999
- The Negatives, a band headed by Lloyd ColeLloyd ColeLloyd Cole is an English singer and songwriter, known for his role as lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989, and for his subsequent solo work.-Early life:...
- Negative (Yōsui Inoue album)Negative (Yōsui Inoue album)Negative is the 13th studio album by a Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue, released in December 1987.-Side one:#"Negative" - 3:46#"Moon" - 3:14#"" - 2:59#"" - 4:26#"" - 5:41-Side two:#"Seventeen" - 3:25#"" - 3:52#"" - 3:33#"Why" - 5:32...
, 1987 - Negatives (album), a 2004 album by Phantom Planet
- Negatives (1968 film)Negatives (1968 film)Negatives is a 1968 British drama film directed by Peter Medak. It stars Peter McEnery and Diane Cilento.-Cast:*Peter McEnery as Theo*Diane Cilento as Riangard*Glenda Jackson as Vivien*Billy Russell as Old Man*Norman Rossington as Auctioneer...
, a 1968 film - Negatives (1988 film), a 1988 film
Other uses
- Negative signNegative signIn astrology, a negative, ceptive, dispassive, yin, nocturnal or feminine sign refers to any of the six even-numbered signs of the zodiac: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn or Pisces....
, the passive or feminine signs of the zodiac in astrology - Negative spaceNegative spaceNegative space, in art, is the space around and between the subject of an image. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, and not the subject itself, forms an interesting or artistically relevant shape, and such space is occasionally used to artistic effect as the "real"...
, in art, the space around or between elements of the subject - Negative (policy debate)Negative (policy debate)In policy debate, the Negative is the team which negates the resolution.The negative team speaks second and second to last. They give four speeches:*First negative constructive *Second negative constructive *First negative rebuttal...
(NEG), the team which negates the resolution in policy debate - Negative feedbackNegative feedbackNegative feedback occurs when the output of a system acts to oppose changes to the input of the system, with the result that the changes are attenuated. If the overall feedback of the system is negative, then the system will tend to be stable.- Overview :...
, a feedback loop that responds in the opposite direction to a perturbation - Negative repetition, the performance of the eccentric phase of weight lifting
See also
- Mu (negative)Mu (negative)or Wu , is a word which has been translated variously as "not", "nothing", "without", "nothingness", "non existent", "non being", or evocatively simply as "no thing"...
- Negation (disambiguation)Negation (disambiguation)Negation may refer to:* Negation , the operation in mathematics that takes x to −x, mapping positive numbers to negative numbers and the other way around, equivalent to reversing the sign of a number...
- Negativity (disambiguation)
- Positive (disambiguation)
- Double Negative (disambiguation)