negative : Idioms & Phrases

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double negative

  • noun an affirmative constructed from two negatives
    • A not unwelcome outcome
  • noun a grammatically substandard but emphatic negative
    • I don't never go
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electro-negative

E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive adjective
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  1. (Chem. & Physics) (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. (b) Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.
E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive noun
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  1. (Chem. & Physics) A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.
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gram-negative

  • adjective satellite (of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method
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negative charge

  • noun having a surplus of electrons; having a lower electric potential
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negative chemotaxis

  • noun movement away from a chemical stimulus
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negative correlation

  • noun a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with small values of the other; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and -1
    indirect correlation.
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Negative crystal

  • . (a) A cavity in a mineral mass, having the form of a crystal . (b) A crystal which has the power of negative double refraction . See refraction.
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negative electricity

  • (Elec.), the kind of electricity which is developed upon resin or ebonite when rubbed, or which appears at that pole of a voltaic battery which is connected with the plate most attacked by the exciting liquid; formerly called resinous electricity. Opposed to positive electricity. Formerly, according to Franklin's theory of a single electric fluid, negative electricity was supposed to be electricity in a degree below saturation, or the natural amount for a given body. see Electricity.
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Negative eyepiece

  • . (Opt.) see under Eyepiece.
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negative feedback

  • noun feedback in opposite phase with (decreasing) the input
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negative feedback circuit

  • noun a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input
    control circuit.
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negative identification

  • noun evidence proving that you are not who you say you are not; evidence establishing that you are not among a group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to rejection
    • a system for negative identification can prevent the use of multiple identities by a single person
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negative magnetic pole

  • noun the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely
    negative magnetic pole; south-seeking pole.
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negative muon

  • noun an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino
    muon; mu-meson.
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negative pole

  • noun the terminal of a battery that is connected to the negative plate
  • noun the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely
    negative magnetic pole; south-seeking pole.
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Negative pregnant

  • (Law), a negation which implies an affirmation.
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Negative quantity

  • (Alg.), a quantity preceded by the negative sign, or which stands in the relation indicated by this sign to some other quantity. See Negative sign (below).
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negative reinforcer

  • noun a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it
    negative reinforcer.
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negative reinforcing stimulus

  • noun a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it
    negative reinforcer.
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Negative rotation

  • right-handed rotation. See Right-handed, 3.
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Negative sign

  • the sign -, or minus (opposed in signification to +, or plus), indicating that the quantity to which it is prefixed is to be subtracted from the preceding quantity, or is to be reckoned from zero or cipher in the opposite direction to that of quanties having the sign plus either expressed or understood; thus, in a - b, b is to be substracted from a, or regarded as opposite to it in value; and -10° on a thermometer means 10° below the zero of the scale.
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negative stimulation

  • noun something causing antagonism or loss of interest
    turnoff.
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negative stimulus

  • noun a stimulus with undesirable consequences
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Optically positive, Optically negative

  • . See under Refraction.
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Qualified negative

  • (Legislation), a limited veto power, by which the chief executive in a constitutional government may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body, which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a certain majority specified in the constitution, when they become laws without the approval of the executive.
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Reversed positive ∨ negative

  • (Photog.), a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left.
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rh negative

  • noun the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen)
    Rh-negative blood; Rh negative.
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rh-negative

  • adjective of persons (or their blood) lacking the Rh factor present in their red blood cells
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rh-negative blood

  • noun the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen)
    Rh-negative blood; Rh negative.
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rh-negative blood type

  • noun the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen)
    Rh-negative blood; Rh negative.
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