disturbance | the act of disturbing something or someone, setting something in motion |
outburst tumultuous disturbance | a sudden violent disturbance |
disorderly conduct disorderly behavior disturbance of the peace breach of the peace | any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled |
negative chemotaxis | movement away from a chemical stimulus |
affray disturbance fray ruffle | a noisy fight |
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 |
perturbation disturbance | activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption, the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset, he looked around for the source of the disturbance, there was a disturbance of neural function |
shock seismic disturbance | an instance of agitation of the earth's crust, the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch |
noise interference disturbance | electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication |
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 |
instigator initiator | a person who initiates a course of action |
instigator provoker inciter instigant firebrandb | someone who deliberately foments trouble, she was the instigator of their quarrel |
negative charge | having a surplus of electrons, having a lower electric potential |
electrical disturbance | electrical signals produced by unwanted sources (atmospherics or receiver noise or unwanted transmitters) |
negative feedback | feedback in opposite phase with (decreasing) the input |
disturbance disruption commotion flutter hurly burly to-do hoo-ha hoo-hah kerfuffle | a disorderly outburst or tumult, they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused |
mental disorder mental disturbance disturbance psychological disorder folie | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion, a more neutral term than mental illness |
affective disorder major affective disorder emotional disorder emotional disturbance | any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant |
disturbance perturbation upset | an unhappy and worried mental state, there was too much anger and disturbance, she didn't realize the upset she caused me |
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 |