negatiivi — meaning in English

English meaning

• negative adj Expressing disapproval, pessimism, or something undesirable.

Senses

negatiivi is used for these senses in English:

• negative (physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles [from the 18th c.]
• negative (photography) An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse. [from 19th c.]

negative — full definition

1. adj Expressing disapproval, pessimism, or something undesirable.
2. adj Below zero, or showing that a test did not detect what it was checking for.
3. noun An unfavourable point, or (in photography) an image with reversed colours/tones.

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