Negative may refer to:

Science and mathematics

* Negative number * Minus sign (−), the mathematical symbol * Negative mass * Negative energy * 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), 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

Linguistics

* A negative answer, commonly expressed with the 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), 1987 * ''Negative'' (Negative album), 1999 * ''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 *"The Negative", song from the musical '' Waitress''

Other uses

* ''Negatives'' (film), a 1968 film * 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 liberty, freedom from interference by other people * Negative repetition, the performance of the eccentric phase of weight lifting * Negative sign, the passive or feminine signs of the zodiac in astrological sign polarity * Negative space, in art, the space around or between elements of the subject

Science and mathematics

Photography

Linguistics

Music

Other uses

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