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Word: negative (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • inherently damaging; undesirable
  • mathematics of number, less than zero
  • not positive or neutral
  • pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.
  • physics of electrical charge of an electron and related particles

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Noun:

  • grammar a word that indicates negation
  • mathematics a negative quantity
  • photography an image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse
  • refusal or withholding of assents; veto
  • weightlifting: A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.

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