Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - negative
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adj., n. & v. --adj. 1 expressing or implying denial, prohibition, or refusal (a negative vote; a negative answer). 2 (of a person or attitude): a lacking positive attributes; apathetic; pessimistic. b opposing or resisting; uncooperative. 3 marked by the absence of qualities (a negative reaction; a negative result from the test). 4 of the opposite nature to a thing regarded as positive (debt is negative capital). 5 Algebra (of a quantity) less than zero, to be subtracted from others or from zero (opp. POSITIVE). 6 Electr. a of the kind of charge carried by electrons (opp. POSITIVE). b containing or producing such a charge. --n. 1 a negative statement, reply, or word (hard to prove a negative). 2 Photog. a an image with black and white reversed or colours replaced by complementary ones, from which positive pictures are obtained. b a developed film or plate bearing such an image. 3 a negative quality; an absence of something. 4 (prec. by the) a position opposing the affirmative. 5 Logic = NEGATION 6. --v.tr. 1 refuse to accept or countenance; veto; reject. 2 disprove (an inference or hypothesis). 3 contradict (a statement). 4 neutralize (an effect). Phrases and idioms in the negative with negative effect; so as to reject a proposal etc.; no (the answer was in the negative). negative evidence (or instance) evidence of the non-occurrence of something. negative feedback 1 the return of part of an output signal to the input, tending to decrease the amplification etc. 2 feedback that tends to diminish or counteract the process giving rise to it. negative geotropism see GEOTROPISM. negative income tax an amount credited as allowance to a taxed income, and paid as benefit when it exceeds debited tax. negative pole the south-seeking pole of a magnet. negative proposition Logic = NEGATION 6. negative quantity joc. nothing. negative sign a symbol (-) indicating subtraction or a value less than zero. negative virtue abstention from vice. Derivatives negatively adv. negativeness n. negativity n. Etymology: ME f. OF negatif -ive or LL negativus (as NEGATE)
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I. adjective Date: 15th century 1. marked by denial, prohibition, or refusal , b. denying a predicate of a subject or a part of a subject , denoting the absence or the contradictory of something , expressing negation , adverse, unfavorable , 2. lacking positive qualities, marked by features of hostility, withdrawal, or pessimism that hinder or oppose constructive treatment or development , promoting a person or cause by criticizing or attacking the competition , 3. a. less than zero and opposite in sign to a positive number that when added to the given number yields zero , having more outgo than income ; constituting a loss , extending or generated in a direction opposite to an arbitrarily chosen regular direction or position , 4. being, relating to, or charged with electricity of which the electron is the elementary unit, having more electrons than protons , c. having lower electric potential and constituting the part toward which the current flows from the external circuit , being the electron-emitting electrode of an electron tube, 5. not affirming the presence of a condition, substance, or organism suspected to be present, directed or moving away from a source of stimulation , less than the pressure of the atmosphere , having the light and dark parts in approximately inverse relation to those of the original photographic subject, diverging light rays and forming a virtual inverted image, ~ly adverb ~ness noun negativity noun II. noun Date: 1571 1. a. a reply that indicates the withholding of assent ; refusal, a right of veto, an adverse vote ; veto, a proposition which denies or contradicts another, 2. something that is the opposite or negation of something else, drawback, liability, 3. an expression (as the word no) of negation or denial, a ~ number, the side that upholds the contradictory proposition in a debate, a ~ photographic image on transparent material used for printing positive pictures, a reverse impression taken from a piece of sculpture or ceramics, a ~ result (as of a test) , III. transitive verb (-tived; -tiving) Date:...Толковый словарь английского языка
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