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Negative may refer to:

Science and mathematics

• Negative and non-negative numbers
• Negative mass
• Negative energy (disambiguation)
• Electrical polarity
• Negative lenses, uses to describe diverging optics. See Lens (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

• Negation (linguistics)
• No (word)/Negative, the opposite of "Yes/affirmative"
• Grammatical polarity, a grammatical concept

Entertainment

• Negative (glam-rock band), a Finnish glam rock band established in 1997
• Negative (pop-rock band), a Serbian pop/rock band established in 1999

Other uses

• Negative sign, a term in astrology describing passive or feminine signs of the zodiac
• Negative space, in art, the space around or between elements of the subject
• 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 words,words that means cruel or bad things

See also

• Mu (negative)
• Negation (disambiguation)
• Negativity (disambiguation)
• Positive (disambiguation)
• Double Negative (disambiguation)

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