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 ma ...

Negative mass In theoretical physics, negative mass is a type of exotic matter whose mass is of opposite sign to the mass of normal matter, e.g. −1 kg. Such matter would violate one or more energy conditions and show some strange properties such as t ...

* Negative energy *

Negative charge Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes charged matter to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field. Electric charge can be ''positive'' or ''negative'' (commonly carried by protons and electrons respectiv ...

, one of the two types of electric charge * Negative (electrical polarity), in electric circuits * Negative result (disambiguation) * Negative lenses, uses to describe diverging

optics Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultrav ...

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 ...

, 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 The paper negative process consists of using a negative printed on paper (either photographically or digitally) to create the final print of a photograph, as opposed to using a modern negative on a film base of cellulose acetate. The plastic aceta ...

, 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 Affirmative may refer to: *Pertaining to truth *An answer that shows agreement or acceptance, such as " yes" *Affirmative (linguistics), a positive (non-negated) sentence or clause *Affirmative (policy debate) Policy debate is an American form ...

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) Negative is a Finnish glam rock band founded in 1997. The band itself labels the music as ”emotional rock’n roll”. Members Current * Jonne Aaron Liimatainen - Lead vocals * Antti Anatomy - Bass *Mr. Snack/Nakki - Keyboard, vocals *Jay Sl ...

, a Finnish band established in 1997 * Negative (Serbian band), a Serbian band established in 1999 * The Negatives, a band fronted by

Lloyd Cole Lloyd Cole (born 31 January 1961) is an English singer and songwriter. He was lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989 and subsequently worked solo. Early life Cole was born in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. He grew up in ne ...

* ''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's seco ...

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

Act Of Denial Act of Denial is an international melodic death metal supergroup, formed in 2020. Its members are vocalist Bjorn Strid (Soilwork), guitarists, songwriter and producer Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim) and lyricist and guitarist Luger (Benighted, Kozia ...

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, resul ...

, 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 of the output of a system, process, or mechanism is fed back in a manner that tends to reduce the fluctuations in the output, whether caused by changes in the input or by othe ...

, a feedback loop that responds in the opposite direction to a perturbation * Negative repetition, the performance of the eccentric phase of weight lifting *

Negative liberty Negative liberty is freedom from interference by other people. Negative liberty is primarily concerned with freedom from external restraint and contrasts with positive liberty (the possession of the power and resources to fulfill one's own pote ...

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 empha ...