Negative

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Contents 1 Science and mathematics 2 Photography 3 Linguistics 4 Entertainment 5 Other uses 6 See also

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The term negative refers to a property of negativity and may refer to:

[edit] Science and mathematics

• Negative and non-negative numbers
• Negative mass
• Negative energy
• Negative (electricity)
• Negative lenses, uses to describe diverging optics. See Lens (optics)

[edit] Photography

• Negative (photography), 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

[edit] Linguistics

• Negation (linguistics)
• No/Negative, the opposite of "Yes/affirmative"
• Grammatical polarity, a grammatical concept

[edit] Entertainment

• Negative (pop-rock band), a Serbian pop/rock band established in 1999
• Negative (glam-rock band), a Finnish glam rock band launched in 1997

[edit] Other uses

• Negative sign, a term in astrology describing passive or feminine signs of the zodiac
• 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

[edit] See also

• Mu (negative)
• Negation (disambiguation)
• Positive (disambiguation)
• Double Negative, (disambiguation)

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