negative

否定的, 否认的

反面的, 消极的, 拒绝的, 反对的

【植】(对日光与地面刺激等)有反作用的;【心理】反抗性的; 不妥协的; 【数】负的;【电】阴极的;【医】阴性的(无病菌[征候]的);【摄】底片的; 黑白颠倒的, 明暗相反的

negative

expressing or meaning a refusal or denial

lacking positive or affirmative qualities, such as enthusiasm, interest, or optimism

showing or tending towards opposition or resistance

measured in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive.having the same magnitude but opposite sense to an equivalent positive quantity

indicating movement or growth away from a particular stimulus

(of the results of a diagnostic test) indicating absence of the disease or condition for which the test was made

another word for minusanother word for minus

(of an electric charge) having the same polarity as the charge of an electron.(of a body, system, ion, etc) having a negative electric charge; having an excess of electrons.(of a point in an electric circuit) having a lower electrical potential than some other point with an assigned zero potential

short for electronegative

of or relating to a photographic negative

(of a categorial proposition) denying the satisfaction by the subject of the predicate, as in some men are irrational; no pigs have wings

of, relating to, or governed by the signs of the zodiac of the earth and water classifications, which are thought to be associated with a receptive passive nature

short for Rh negative

a statement or act of denial, refusal, or negation

a negative person or thing

a piece of photographic film or a plate, previously exposed and developed, showing an image that, in black-and-white photography, has a reversal of tones. In colour photography the image is in complementary colours to the subject so that blue sky appears yellow, green grass appears purple, etc

a negative object, such as a terminal or a plate in a voltaic cell

a sentence or other linguistic element with a negative meaning, as the English word not

a quantity less than zero or a quantity to be subtracted

a negative proposition

the right of veto

(esp in military communications) a signal code word for no

to deny or nullify; negate

to show to be false; disprove

to refuse consent to or approval of

See positive See affirmative