Definition of negative

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Negative (v. t.) To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill..

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Affirmative :: Affirmative (a.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted..
Hyalotype :: Hyalotype (n.) A photographic picture copied from the negative on glass; a photographic transparency.
Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
Minus :: Minus (a.) Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity..
Carbide :: Carbide (n.) A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet..
Electro-positive :: Electro-positive (a.) Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid..
Let :: Let (v. t.) To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent..
Subcontraries :: Subcontrary (a.) Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false.
Depolarize :: Depolarize (v. t.) To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery..
Privatively :: Privatively (adv.) In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively.
Electro- :: Electro- () A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as, electro-negative; electro-dynamic; electro-magnet..
Print :: Print (v. t.) To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface..
Negative :: Negative (v. t.) To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill..
Negativeness :: Negativeness (n.) Alt. of Negativit.
Retouch :: Retouch (v. t.) To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals..
Characteristic :: Characteristic (n.) The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative..
Print :: Print (n.) A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper..
Nay :: Nay (adv.) No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes..
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