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Main Entry: 1neg·a·tive
Pronunciation: neg-t-iv
Function: adjective 1: marked by denial, prohibition, or refusal <a negative reply> 2: not positive or helpful <a negative attitude> 3 a: less than zero and opposite in sign to a positive number <-2 is a negative number> b: extending or measured in a direction opposite to one chosen as positive <a negative angle> 4 a: of, being, or relating to electricity of a kind of which the electron is the elementary unit <a negative charge> b: having more electrons than protons <a negative particle> c: being the part toward which the electric current flows from the outside circuit <the negative pole of a battery> 5 a: not indicating the presence of a particular germ or condition <a negative TB test> b: directed or moving away from a source of stimulation <a negative tropism> 6: having the light and dark parts approximately opposite to those of the thing or person photographed - neg·a·tive·lyadverb - neg·a·tive·nessnoun - neg·a·tiv·i·ty /neg--tiv-t-/ noun