Negative may refer to:
Science and mathematics
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Negative number
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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 the ...
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Negative energy
Negative energy is a concept used in physics to explain the nature of certain fields, including the gravitational field and various quantum field effects.
Gravitational potential energy
Gravitational potential energy can be defined as being n ...
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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
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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 moving pa ...
, in electric circuits
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Negative result (disambiguation)
* 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
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
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Negative (photography), an image with inverted luminance or a strip of film with such an image
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Original camera negative
The original camera negative (OCN) is the film in a traditional film-based movie camera which captures the original image. This is the film from which all other copies will be made. It is known as raw stock prior to exposure.
The size of a roll v ...
, the film in a motion picture camera which captures the original image
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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
A film base is a transparent substrat ...
, 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 (word), ''no''
* A type of grammatical construction; see affirmative and negative
*A double negative is a construction occurring when two forms of grammatical negation 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), ''Negative'' (Yōsui Inoue album), 1987
* Negative (Negative album), ''Negative'' (Negative album), 1999
* Negatives (album), ''Negatives'' (album), a 2004 album by Phantom Planet
* ''The Negatives'', a 2014 album by Cruel Hand
* Negative (song), a 1998 song by Mansun
*''Negative'' (album) by Act of Denial, Act Of Denial
Film
* Negatives (film), ''Negatives'' (film), a 1968 film
Other uses
* Photo negative casting, a casting technique in acting by reversing the skin colours of actor and character.
* Negative sign, 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) (NEG), the team which negates the resolution in policy debate
* Negative feedback, 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 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
** Negative free bid
** Negative inference, see Glossary of contract bridge terms#negativeinference
** Negative response, see Glossary of contract bridge terms#negativeresponse
See also
* Mu (negative)
* Negation (disambiguation)
* Negativity (disambiguation)
* Positive (disambiguation)
* Double Negative (disambiguation)
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