Negative may refer to:

Science and mathematics

Negative number In mathematics, a negative number is the opposite (mathematics), opposite of a positive real number. Equivalently, a negative number is a real number that is inequality (mathematics), less than 0, zero. Negative numbers are often used to represe ...

Minus sign The plus sign () and the minus sign () are mathematical symbols used to denote positive and negative functions, respectively. In addition, the symbol represents the operation of addition, which results in a sum, while the symbol represent ...

(−), the mathematical symbol *

Negative mass In theoretical physics, negative mass is a hypothetical 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 exhibit strange properties ...

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 energy Gravitational energy, or gravitational potential energy, is the po ...

* Negative charge, one of the two types of electric charge * Negative (electrical polarity), in electric circuits * Negative result (disambiguation) * Negative lens, in optics

Photography

Negative (photography) In photography, a negative is an Photograph, 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 ...

, an image with inverted luminance or a strip of film with such an image *

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 * Paper negative, 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 *A

double negative A double negative is a construction occurring when two forms of grammatical negation are used in the same sentence. This is typically used to convey a different shade of meaning from a strictly positive sentence ("You're not unattractive" vs "You ...

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) Negative () is a Serbian rock band formed in Belgrade in 1999. Fronted by vocalist Ivana Peters (née Pavlović), the band enjoyed large popularity and was one of the most notable acts of the Serbian rock scene during the 2000s. History 1999-2 ...

, a Serbian band established in 1999 * The Negatives, a band fronted by

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

* ''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 2016, Cruel Hand has released five full-length albums: ''Without a Pulse'' on 6131 Records, ''Prying Eyes'' and ''Lock & Key (album), Lock & Key'' on ...

'', 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 ...

, 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 Björn Strid ( Soilwork), guitarist, songwriter and producer Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), lyricist and guitarist Luger (Benighted, Koziak) ...

*"The Negative", song from the musical ''

Waitress Waiting staff ( BrE), waiters () / waitresses (), or servers (AmE) are those who work at a restaurant, a diner, or a bar and sometimes in private homes, attending to customers by supplying them with food and drink as requested. Waiting staff ...

Other uses

* ''Negatives'' (film), a 1968 film *

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 (Mathematics), function of the output of a system, process, or mechanism is feedback, fed back in a manner that tends to reduce the fluctuations in the output, whether caused ...

, a feedback loop that responds in the opposite direction to a perturbation *

Negative liberty Negative liberty, or negative freedom, 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 ...

, freedom from interference by other people *

Negative repetition A negative repetition (negative rep) is the repetition of a technique in weight lifting in which the lifter performs the eccentric phase of a lift. Instead of pressing the weight up slowly, in proper form, a spotter generally aids in the concen ...

, the performance of the eccentric phase of weight lifting * Negative sign, the passive or feminine signs of the zodiac in

astrological sign polarity In Western astrology, astrological signs are the twelve 30-degree sectors that make up Earth's 360-degree orbit around the Sun. The signs enumerate from the first day of spring, known as the First Point of Aries, which is the vernal equinox. T ...

Negative space In art and design, negative space or negative volume is the empty space around and between the subject(s) of an image. In graphic design this is known as white space. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, not th ...

, in art, the space around or between elements of the subject

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