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Science and mathematics

• Negative and non-negative numbers
  Negative and non-negative numbers
  
  A negative number is a real number that is inequality 0 , such as -3. A positive number is a real number that is greater than zero, such as 2....
  
• Negative mass
• Negative energy
  Negative energy
  
  Negative energy may refer to:* Negative energy, as related to exotic matter in particle physics* Negative energy, as a component of the Dirac sea theoretical model of the vacuum...
  
• Negative, one of the conventions, along with positive, used in distinguishing electric charge
  Electric charge
  
  Electric charge is a fundamental conserved property of some subatomic particles, which determines their electromagnetic interaction. Electrically charged matter is influenced by, and produces, electromagnetic fields....
  
• Negative lenses, uses to describe diverging optics. See Lens (optics)
  Lens (optics)
  
  A lens is an optics device with perfect or approximate axial symmetry which transmittance and refraction light, converging or diverging the beam....
  

Photography

• Negative (photography)
  Negative (photography)
  
  In photography, a negative may refer to three different things, although they are all related....
  , an image with inverted luminance or a strip of film with such an image
• Original camera negative
  Original camera negative
  
  The original camera negative is the film in a motion picture movie camera which captures the original image. This is the film from which all other copies will be made....
  , the film in a motion picture camera which captures the original image
• Paper negative
  Paper negative
  
  The paper negative process consists of using a negative printed on paper to create the final print of a photograph, as opposed to using a modern negative on a film base of cellulose acetate....
  , a negative image printed on paper used to create the final print of a photograph

Linguistics

• Negation (linguistics)
• No
  NO
  
  No or similar spellings may refer to:* One of a pair of English words, yes and no...
  /Negative, the opposite of "Yes/affirmative"
• Grammatical polarity
  Grammatical polarity
  
  Grammatical polarity is the distinction of affirmative and negative, which indicates the truth or falsehood of a statement respectively. In English language, grammatical polarity is generally indicated by the presence or absence of the modifier not, which negates the statement....
  , a grammatical concept

Entertainment

• Negative (pop-rock band)
  Negative (pop-rock band)
  
  Negative is a highly successful Serbian rock & roll band, established 1999 in Belgrade....
  , a Serbian pop/rock band established in 1999
• Negative (glam-rock band), a Finnish glam rock band launched in 1997

Other uses

• Negative sign
  Negative sign
  
  In western astrology, a negative, receptive, nocturnal, passive or feminine sign refers to any of the six even-numbered signs of the zodiac: Taurus , Cancer , Virgo , Scorpio , Capricorn or Pisces ....
  , a term in astrology describing passive or feminine signs of the zodiac
• Negative space
  Negative space
  
  Negative space, in art, is the space around and between the subject of an image. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, and not the subject itself, forms an interesting or artistically relevant shape, and such space is occasionally used to artistic effect as the "real" subject of an image....
  , in art, the space around or between elements of the subject
• Negative (policy debate)
  Negative (policy debate)
  
  In policy debate, the Negative is the team which negates the resolution .The negative team speaks second and second to last. They give four speeches:...
   (NEG), the team which negates the resolution in policy debate
• Negative feedback
  Negative feedback
  
  Negative feedback feeds part of a system's output, inverted, into the system's input; generally with the result that fluctuations are attenuated....
  , a feedback loop that responds in the opposite direction to a perturbation

See also

• Mu (negative)
  Mu (negative)
  
  Mu , and Wu is a word which has been roughly translated as "no", "none", "without", "no meaning". While used in Japanese and Chinese mainly as a prefix to imply the absence of something , in English it is more famously used as a response to certain koans and other questions in Zen Buddhism, intending to indicate that the question i...
  
• Negation (disambiguation)
  Negation (disambiguation)
  
  Negation may refer to:* −x, an operation in mathematics that maps Negative_and_non-negative_numbers and the other way around, equivalent to reversing the sign of a number...
  
• Positive
  Positive
  
  Positive is a property of positivity and may refer to:...
   (disambiguation)
• Double Negative
  Double negative
  
  A double negative occurs when two forms of negation are used in the same clause . In some languages , negative forms are consistently used throughout the sentence to express a single negation....
  , (disambiguation)