Camber (n.) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface |
Camber (n.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel |
Camber (v. t.) To cut bend to an upward curve |
Camber (v. i.) To curve upward. |
Electro-negative (a.) Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other. |
Electro-negative (a.) Negative |
Electro-negative (n.) A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis. |
Electro-positive (a.) Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, in electrolysis, while the associated body tends to the positive pole |
Electro-positive (a.) Hence: Positive |
Electro-positive (n.) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis. |
Faulty (a.) Containing faults, blemishes, or defects |
Faulty (a.) Guilty of a fault, or of faults |
Negative (a.) Denying |
Negative (a.) Not positive |
Negative (a.) Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate |
Negative (a.) Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed. |
Negative (a.) Metalloidal |
Negative (n.) A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden |
Negative (n.) A word used in denial or refusal |
Negative (n.) The refusal or withholding of assents |
Negative (n.) That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party |
Negative (n.) A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture. |
Negative (n.) The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell. |
Negative (v. t.) To prove unreal or intrue |
Negative (v. t.) To reject by vote |
Negative (v. t.) To neutralize the force of |
Positive (a.) Having a real position, existence, or energy |
Positive (a.) Derived from an object by itself |
Positive (a.) Definitely laid down |
Positive (a.) Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion |
Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution |
Positive (a.) Fully assured |
Positive (a.) Having the power of direct action or influence |
Positive (a.) Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed |
Positive (a.) Electro-positive. |
Positive (a.) Hence, basic |
Positive (n.) That which is capable of being affirmed |
Positive (n.) That which settles by absolute appointment. |
Positive (n.) The positive degree or form. |
Positive (n.) A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative. |
Positive (n.) The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell. |
fraud in fact positive fraud | actual deceit, concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another |
negative chemotaxis | movement away from a chemical stimulus |
positive chemotaxis | movement toward a chemical stimulus |
camber | the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top |
camber arch | an arch with a straight horizontal extrados and a slightly arched intrados |
control circuit negative feedback circuit | a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input |
negative | a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed |
negative magnetic pole negative pole south-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely |
negative pole | the terminal of a battery that is connected to the negative plate |
positive | a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject |
positive pole positive magnetic pole north-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely |
positive pole | the terminal of a battery that is connected to the positive plate |
Rh-positive blood type Rh positive | the blood group (approximately % of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
Rh-negative blood type Rh-negative blood Rh negative | the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
turnoff negative stimulation | something causing antagonism or loss of interest |
positive reinforcing stimulus positive reinforcer | a reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces it |
negative reinforcing stimulus negative reinforcer | a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it |
positive stimulus | a stimulus with desirable consequences |
negative stimulus | a stimulus with undesirable consequences |
positive correlation direct correlation | a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small, the correlation coefficient is between and |
negative correlation indirect correlation | a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with small values of the other, the correlation coefficient is between and - |
positive positive degree | the primary form of an adjective or adverb, denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution |
positive identification | evidence proving that you are who you say you are, evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system, recognition by the system leads to acceptance, a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people |
negative identification | evidence proving that you are not who you say you are not, evidence establishing that you are not among a group of people already known to the system, recognition by the system leads to rejection, a system for negative identification can prevent the use of multiple identities by a single person |
negative | a reply of denial, he answered in the negative |
double negative | a grammatically substandard but emphatic negative, I don't never go |
double negative | an affirmative constructed from two negatives, A not unwelcome outcome |
antimuon positive muon | the antiparticle of a muon, decays to positron and neutrino and antineutrino |
bank cant camber | a slope in the turn of a road or track, the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force |
muon negative muon mu-meson | an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of microsecond, decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino |
positive charge | having a deficiency of electrons, having a higher electric potential |
negative charge | having a surplus of electrons, having a lower electric potential |
negative feedback | feedback in opposite phase with (decreasing) the input |
positive feedback regeneration | feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input |
camber | a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road) |
camber | curve upward in the middle |
veto blackball negative | vote against, refuse to endorse, refuse to assent, The President vetoed the bill |
faulty incorrect wrong | characterized by errors, not agreeing with a model or not following established rules, he submitted a faulty report, an incorrect transcription, the wrong side of the road |
plus positive | involving advantage or good, a plus (or positive) factor |
minus negative | involving disadvantage or harm, minus (or negative) factors |
negative | expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial |
convinced(p) positive(p) confident(p) | persuaded of, very sure, were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join, I am positive he is lying, was confident he would win |
cocksure overconfident positive | marked by excessive confidence, an arrogant and cocksure materialist, so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen, the less he knows the more positive he gets |
negative electronegative negatively charged | having a negative charge, electrons are negative |
positive electropositive positively charged | having a positive charge, protons are positive |
damaging negative | designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions, negative criticism |
incontrovertible irrefutable positive | impossible to deny or disprove, incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence, proof positive, an irrefutable argument |
positive prescribed | formally laid down or imposed, positive laws |
negative | having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant, ran a negative campaign, delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life |
defective faulty | having a defect, I returned the appliance because it was defective |