negative chemotaxis | movement away from a chemical stimulus |
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 |
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 |
negative reinforcing stimulus negative reinforcer | a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it |
negative stimulus | a stimulus with undesirable consequences |
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 - |
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 |
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 |
negative charge | having a surplus of electrons, having a lower electric potential |
negative feedback | feedback in opposite phase with (decreasing) the input |
veto blackball negative | vote against, refuse to endorse, refuse to assent, The President vetoed the bill |
minus negative | involving disadvantage or harm, minus (or negative) factors |
negative | expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial |
negative electronegative negatively charged | having a negative charge, electrons are negative |
damaging negative | designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions, negative criticism |
negative | having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant, ran a negative campaign, delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life |
negative | characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance, having no positive features, a negative outlook on life, a colorless negative personality, a negative evaluation, a negative reaction to an advertising campaign |
negative | less than zero, a negative number |
negative | reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive, negative interest rates |
negative disconfirming | not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition, the HIV test was negative |
Gram-negative | (of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method |
rh-negative | of persons (or their blood) lacking the Rh factor present in their red blood cells |