Negative may refer to:

Science and mathematics

Negative number In mathematics, a negative number represents an opposite. In the real number system, a negative number is a number that is less than zero. Negative numbers are often used to represent the magnitude of a loss or deficiency. A debt that is owed m ...

* Negative mass * Negative energy * Negative charge, one of the two types of electric charge *

Negative (electrical polarity) An electric current is a stream of charged particles, such as electrons or ions, moving through an electrical conductor or space. It is measured as the net rate of flow of electric charge through a surface or into a control volume. The movi ...

, in electric circuits *

Negative result (disambiguation) Negative result may refer to: * Proof of impossibility, a proof that a particular problem cannot be solved * Null result, a result which shows no evidence of the intended effect *Null hypothesis In scientific research, the null hypothesis (often d ...

* Negative

lenses A lens is a transmissive optical device which focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (''elements ...

, uses to describe diverging optics

Photography

Negative (photography) In photography, a negative is an image, usually on a strip or sheet of transparent plastic film, in which the lightest areas of the photographed subject appear darkest and the darkest areas appear lightest. This reversed order occurs because th ...

, an image with inverted luminance or a strip of film with such an image * Original camera negative, the film in a motion picture camera which captures the original image * Paper negative, a negative image printed on paper used to create the final print of a photograph

Linguistics

* A negative answer, commonly expressed with the word ''no'' * A type of grammatical construction; see affirmative and negative *A

double negative A double negative is a construction occurring when two forms of grammatical negation are used in the same sentence. Multiple negation is the more general term referring to the occurrence of more than one negative in a clause. In some languages, ...

is a construction occurring when two forms of grammatical

negation In logic, negation, also called the logical complement, is an operation that takes a proposition P to another proposition "not P", written \neg P, \mathord P or \overline. It is interpreted intuitively as being true when P is false, and false ...

are used in the same sentence.

Music

* Negative (Finnish band), a Finnish band established in 1997 * Negative (Serbian band), a Serbian band established in 1999 * The Negatives, a band fronted by Lloyd Cole * ''Negative'' (Yōsui Inoue album), 1987 * ''Negative'' (Negative album), 1999 * ''Negatives'' (album), a 2004 album by Phantom Planet * ''

The Negatives Cruel Hand is an American hardcore punk band from Portland, Maine that formed in 2006. As of 2013, Cruel Hand has released four full-length albums: ''Without a Pulse'' on 6131 Records, ''Prying Eyes'' and '' Lock & Key'' on Bridge 9 Records ...

'', a 2014 album by Cruel Hand *

Negative (song) "Negative" is a song by the English alternative rock band Mansun. The song was written by Paul Draper, Dominic Chad, Stove and Andie Rathbone. It was recorded and produced by Paul Draper and Mark 'Spike' Stent during sessions for the group' ...

, a 1998 song by Mansun *''Negative'' (album) by Act Of Denial

Film

* ''Negatives'' (film), a 1968 film

Other uses

Photo negative casting Race-reversed casting, also called photo negative casting, is a form of non-traditional casting in acting. The concept revolves around reversing the race of characters being played (white characters being played by black actors and vice versa). ...

, a casting technique in acting by reversing the skin colours of actor and character. *

Negative sign The plus and minus signs, and , are mathematical symbols used to represent the notions of positive and negative, respectively. In addition, represents the operation of addition, which results in a sum, while represents subtraction, result ...

, the passive or feminine signs of the zodiac in astrology * Negative space, in art, the space around or between elements of the subject *

Negative (policy debate) Policy debate is an American form of debate competition in which teams of two usually advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy change by the United States federal government. It is also referred to as cross-examinat ...

(NEG), the team which negates the resolution in policy debate *

Negative feedback Negative feedback (or balancing feedback) occurs when some function (Mathematics), function of the output of a system, process, or mechanism is feedback, fed back in a manner that tends to reduce the fluctuations in the output, whether caused by ...

, a feedback loop that responds in the opposite direction to a perturbation *

Negative repetition A negative repetition (negative rep) is the repetition of a technique in weight lifting in which the lifter performs the eccentric phase of a lift. Instead of pressing the weight up slowly, in proper form, a spotter generally aids in the concen ...

, the performance of the eccentric phase of weight lifting * Negative liberty is freedom from interference by other people * Negative, several distinct concepts within the game of contract bridge, including: ** Double negative, see Glossary of contract bridge terms#doublenegative ** Herbert negative, see Glossary of contract bridge terms#herbertnegative **

Negative double The negative double is a form of takeout double in bridge. It is made by the responder after their right-hand opponent overcalls on the first round of bidding, and is used to show shortness in overcall's suit, support for the unbid suits with emphas ...