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Subtrahend :: Subtractive (a.) Having the negative sign, or sign minus..

Electro-positive :: 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; -- the converse or correlative of electro-negative..

Nay :: Nay (n.) a negative vote; one who votes in the negative.

Metalloid :: Metalloid (a.) Having the properties of a nonmetal; nonmetallic; acid; negative.

Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

Fog :: Fog (v. i.) To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development..

Negative :: Negative (v. t.) To neutralize the force of; to counteract.

Cathode :: Cathode (n.) The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode..

But :: But (adv. & conj.) Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that..

No :: No (n.) A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it..

Affirmative :: Affirmative (a.) That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering yes to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote..

Bocardo :: Bocardo (n.) A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative..

Lest :: Lest (a.) That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.

Fluorine :: Fluorine (n.) A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of which it is the first member. It always occurs combined, is very active chemically, and possesses such an avidity for most elements, and silicon especially, that it can neither be prepared nor kept in glass vessels. If set free it immediately attacks the containing material, so that it was not isolated until 1886. It is a pungent, corrosive, colorles

Albertype :: Albertype (n.) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.

Diamide :: Diamide (n.) Any compound containing two amido groups united with one or more acid or negative radicals, -- as distinguished from a diamine. Cf. Amido acid, under Amido, and Acid amide, under Amide..

Negative :: Negative (n.) A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no..

Affirmative :: Affirmative (a.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted..

Negative :: Negative (v. t.) To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill..

Positive :: Positive (a.) Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative..

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