negative

• adj.[数]ネガ; ネガティビティ; ネガ; ネガフィルム
• n. ネガ; ネガ数; [写真]フィルム
• vt.ネガ; 拒否する

マイナスから。negative、negative pole、negativeなどに由来する。

negative

negative: see renegade

negative (adj.)

c. 1400, "expressing denial," from Old French negatif (13c.) and directly from Latin negativus "that which denies," from negat-, past participle stem of negare "deny, say no" (see deny). Meaning "expressing negation" is from c. 1500; that of "characterized by absence" is from 1560s. Algebraic sense is from 1670s. The electricity sense is from 1755.

Negative Capability, that is when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts without any irritable reaching after fact and reason. [John Keats, letter, Dec. 21, 1817]

Related: Negatively.

negative (n.)

late 14c., "a prohibition; absence, nonexistence; opposite," from Old French negatif and directly from Latin negativus (see negative (adj.)). Meaning "a negative statement" is from 1560s. As a response, "I refuse, disagree, no," from 1945. Meaning "a negative quality" is from 1640s. In mathematics, "a negative number," from 1706. Photographic sense first recorded 1853.

1. So far 57 have taken the test and all have been negative .

これまでに57人が参加し、いずれも陰性だった。

2.Seventy-nine voted in the affirmative，and none in the negative .

79人が賛成票を投じ、反対票を投じた人はいなかった。

3.Stimulate the site of greatest pain with a small negative current.

最も痛みの強い部位を微弱負電流で刺激する。

4.The weakest students can end up with a negative score.

最悪の生徒はマイナスで終わる可能性がある。

5.It 's just one of those words that 's got so many negative connotations.

これは、マイナスの意味が多すぎる言葉の1つです。