Definition of negative

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Negative (a.) Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative..

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Anion :: Anion (n.) An electro-negative element, or the element which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; -- opposed to cation..
Negatively :: Negatively (adv.) In a negative manner; with or by denial.
Particular :: Particular (a.) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to universal: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise..
Characteristic :: Characteristic (n.) The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.
Retouch :: Retouch (v. t.) To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork..
Negative :: Negative (a.) Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative..
Deny :: Deny (v. i.) To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.
Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave.
Affirmative :: Affirmative (a.) That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering yes to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote..
Metalloid :: Metalloid (a.) Having the properties of a nonmetal; nonmetallic; acid; negative.
Albertype :: Albertype (n.) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
Privative :: Privative (a.) Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals..
Print :: Print (n.) A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper..
Yet :: Yet (adv.) Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; -- and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present time; not as soon as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet. See As yet, under As, conj..
Abnegative :: Abnegative (a.) Denying; renouncing; negative.
Cathode :: Cathode (n.) The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode..
Electro-negative :: Electro-negative (a.) Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other..
Negative :: Negative (n.) A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no..
Negative :: Negative (a.) Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed..
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