negative
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈnɛɡətɪv/
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:
negativo
- She decided to keep the old negative of their wedding photo safe for future generations.
- prints from negatives
- photographic negative
- film negative
Examples
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Then wash the Kodalith negative for 15 minutes in cold running water.
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These are enlargements I made from the negatives.
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And then on color negative film, it's the same thing.
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But you gain much more than a larger negative with a view camera.
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- Great, so go grab those negatives and bring them here.
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I hope the negative didn't get wet.
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Have you got the negatives?
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Winning entries require original slides and negatives, which will be returned within a year.
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However, if you prefer to have the negatives processed somewhere else, I'd be more than happy to sell them to you at the incredible discount rate of only $50.
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Students place their paper negatives, edges overlapping, on the table with double-sided tape.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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9.3
A piece of film that shows a picture with light and dark reversed
Antonyms
Compounds
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10
3.9
Part of a system's output that is sent back to reduce change and keep it stable
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2
4.1
A state when an object has more electrons than protons and so attracts positive objects, for example a rubbed balloon
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4.6
A connection between two things where one goes up as the other goes down
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A tiny charged particle that lasts about 2 microseconds and becomes an electron and two neutrinos
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An electronic system that returns part of the output to reduce and steady the signal
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A way to show someone is not one of the known people so they cannot make multiple accounts
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The end of a battery marked with a minus sign that connects to the black wire
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Taking away something unpleasant makes a person or animal do something more often
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A thing taken away to make an action less likely, for example leaving a room when a child cries
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A blood group in which red blood cells do not have the Rh factor
Surface Forms
Etymology
The photographic negative takes its name from the Latin root negare 'to deny' because the light and dark are 'reversed' or 'denied' compared with the real scene, and prints are made from that reversed image.