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4. (Photog.) 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.

5. (Chem.) Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic ; as, the nitro group is negative .

&hand; This word, derived from electro-negative , is now commonly used in a more general sense, when acidiferous is the intended signification.

Negative crystal . (a) A cavity in a mineral mass, having the form of a crystal . (b) A crystal which has the power of negative double refraction . See refraction . -- negative electricity (Elec.) , the kind of electricity which is developed upon resin or ebonite when rubbed, or which appears at that pole of a voltaic battery which is connected with the plate most attacked by the exciting liquid; -- formerly called resinous electricity . Opposed to positive electricity . Formerly, according to Franklin's theory of a single electric fluid, negative electricity was supposed to be electricity in a degree below saturation, or the natural amount for a given body. see Electricity . -- Negative eyepiece . (Opt.) see under Eyepiece . -- Negative quantity (Alg.) , a quantity preceded by the negative sign, or which stands in the relation indicated by this sign to some other quantity. See Negative sign (below). -- Negative rotation , right-handed rotation. See Right-handed , 3. -- Negative sign , the sign -, or minus (opposed in signification to +, or plus ), indicating that the quantity to which it is prefixed is to be subtracted from the preceding quantity, or is to be reckoned from zero or cipher in the opposite direction to that of quanties having the sign plus either expressed or understood; thus, in a - b , b is to be substracted from a , or regarded as opposite to it in value; and -10\'f8 on a thermometer means 10\'f8 below the zero of the scale.

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Negative <Xpage=969>

Neg"a*tive , n. [Cf. F. n\'82gative .] 1. A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.

This is a known rule in divinity, that there is no command that runs in negatives but couches under it a positive duty. South.

2. A word used in denial or refusal; as, not , no .

&hand; In Old England two or more negatives were often joined together for the sake of emphasis, whereas now such expressions are considered ungrammatical, being chiefly heard in iliterate speech. A double negative is now sometimes used as nearly or quite equivalent to an affirmative.

No wine ne drank she, neither white nor red. Chaucer.

These eyes that never did nor never shall So much as frown on you. Shak.

3. The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.

If a kind without his kingdom be, in a civil sense, nothing, then ... his negative is as good as nothing. Milton.

4. That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative .

5. (Photog.) 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.

&hand; A negative is chiefly used for producing photographs by means of the sun's light passing through it and acting upon sensitized paper, thus producing on the paper a positive picture. <-- now, not sun's light but artificial light is used -->

6. (Elect.) The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

Negative pregnant (Law) , a negation which implies an affirmation.

Negative <Xpage=969>

Neg"a*tive (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Negatived (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Negativing .] 1. To prove unreal or intrue; to disprove.

The omission or infrequency of such recitals does not negative the existence of miracles. Paley.

2. To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill .

3. To neutralize the force of; to counteract.

Negatively <Xpage=969>

Neg"a*tive*ly , adv. 1. In a negative manner; with or by denial. "He answered negatively ."

Boyle.

2. In the form of speech implying the absence of something; -- opposed to positively .

<?/ shal show what this image of God in man is, negatively , by showing wherein it does not consist, and positively, by showing wherein it does consist. South.

Negatively charged &or; electrified (Elec.) , having a charge of the kind of electricity called negative .

Negativeness, Negativity <Xpage=969>

Neg"a*tive*ness , Neg`a*tiv"i*ty (?) , n. The quality or state of being negative.

Negatory <Xpage=969>

Neg"a*to*ry (?) , a. [L. negatorius : cf. F. n\'82gatorie .] Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative.

Carlyle.

Neginoth <Xpage=969>

Neg"i*noth (?) , n. pl. [Heb. n&ecr;g\'c6n&omac;th .] (Script.) Stringed instruments.

Dr. W. Smith.

To the chief musician on Neginoth . Ps. iv. 9heading).

Neglect <Xpage=969>

Neg*lect" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Neglected ; p. pr. & vb. n. Neglecting .] [L. neglectus , p.p. of neglegere ( negligere ) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. neing, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que , a particle akin to Goth. -h , -uh , and prob. to E. who ; cf. Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See No , adv. , Legend , Who .] 1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.

I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs. Shak.

This, my long suffering and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. Milton.

2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers .

Syn. -- To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See Slight .

Neglect <Xpage=969>

Neg*lect" , n. [L. neglectus . See Neglect , v. ] 1. Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy .

To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame, Or our neglect , we lost her as we came. Milton.

2. Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers .

3. Habitual carelessness; negligence.

Age breeds neglect in all. Denham.

4. The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.

Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect . Prior.

Syn. -- Negligence; inattention; disregard; disesteem; remissness; indifference. See Negligence .

<-- benign neglect. -- A deliberate policy of minimizing public discussion of a controversial issue [by the president] on the theory that excessive discussion in itself is harmful or counterproductive -->

Neglectedness <Xpage=969>

Neg*lect"ed*ness , n. The state of being neglected.

Neglecter <Xpage=969>

Neg*lect"er (?) , n. One who neglects.

South.

Neglectful <Xpage=969>

Neg*lect"ful (?) , a. Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent.

Pope.

A cold and neglectful countenance. Locke.

Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were not entirely neglectful of it. Arbuthnot.

-- Neg*lect"ful*ly , adv. -- Neg*lect"ful*ness , n.

Neglectingly <Xpage=969>

Neg*lect"ing*ly , adv. Carelessly; heedlessly.

Shak.

Neglection <Xpage=969>

Neg*lec"tion (?) , n. [L. neglectio .] The state of being negligent; negligence. [Obs.]

Shak.

Neglective <Xpage=969>

Neg*lect"ive (?) , a. Neglectful. [R.] " Neglective of their own children."

Fuller.

Negligee <Xpage=969>

Neg`li*gee" (?) , n. [F. n\'82glig\'82 , fr. n\'82gliger to neglect, L. negligere . See Neglect .] An easy, unceremonious attire; undress; also, a kind of easy robe or dressing gown worn by women.

Negligence <Xpage=969>

Neg"li*gence (?) , n. [F. n\'82gligence , L. negligentia .] The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.

2. An act or instance of negligence or carelessness.

remarking his beauties, ... I must also point out his negligences and defects. Blair.

3. (Law) The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa . A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly.

Contributory negligence . See under Contributory .

Syn. -- Neglect; inattention; heedlessness; disregard; slight. -- Negligence , Neglect . These two words are freely interchanged in our older writers; but a distinction has gradually sprung up between them. As now generally used, negligence is the habit, and neglect the act, of leaving things undone or unattended to. We are negligent as a general trait of character; we are guilty of neglect in particular cases, or in reference to individuals who had a right to our attentions.

Negligent <Xpage=969>

Neg"li*gent (?) , a. [F. n\'82gligent , L. negligens ,p.pr. of negligere . See Neglect .] Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order . "Be thou negligent of fame."

Swift.

He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. Rambler.

Syn. -- Careles; heedless; neglectful; regardless; thoughtless; indifferent; inattentive; remiss.

Negligently <Xpage=969>

Neg"li*gent*ly (?) , adv. In a negligent manner.

Negligible <Xpage=969>

Neg"li*gi*ble (?) , a. [Cf. F. n\'82gligible , n\'82gligeable .] That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of consideration.

Within very negligible limits of error. Sir J. Herschel.

Negoce <Xpage=969>

Ne*goce" (?) , n. [F. n\'82goce . See Negotiate .] Business; occupation. [Obs.]

Bentley.

Negotiability <Xpage=969>

Ne*go`ti*a*bil"i*ty (? &or; ?) , n. [Cf. F. n\'82gociabilit\'82 .] The quality of being negotiable or transferable by indorsement.

Negotiable <Xpage=969>

Ne*go"ti*a*ble (? &or; ?) , a. [Cf. F. n\'82gotiable . See Negotiate .] Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assigment or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange .

Negotiable paper , any commercial paper transferable by sale or delivery and indorsement, as bills of exchange, drafts, checks, and promissory notes.

Negotiant <Xpage=969>

Ne*go"ti*ant (?) , n. [L. negotians , prop. p.pr. of negotiari : cf. F. n\'82gociant .] A negotiator. [R.]

Sir W. Raleigh.

Negotiate <Xpage=969>

Ne*go"ti*ate (?) , v. i. [L. negotiatus , p.p. of negotiari , fr. negotium business; nec not + otium leisure. Cf. Neglect .] 1. To transact business; to carry on trade. [Obs.]

Hammond.

2. To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm .

3. To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.

He that negotiates between God and man Is God's ambassador. Cowper.

4. To intrigue; to scheme. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Negotiate <Xpage=969>

Ne*go"ti*ate , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Negotiated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Negotiating (?) .] 1. To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange .

Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the Archipelago ... the most indispensable supplies. Gibbon.

2. To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.

The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business or trade. Kent.

Negotiation <Xpage=969>

Ne*go`ti*a"tion (?) , n. [L. negotiatio : cf. F. n\'82gociation .] 1. The act or process of negotiating; a treating with another respecting sale or purchase. etc.

2. Hence, mercantile business; trading. [Obs.]

Who had lost, with these prizes, forty thousand pounds, after twenty years' negotiation in the East Indies. Evelyn.

3. The transaction of business between nations; the mutual intercourse of governments by diplomatic agents, in making treaties, composing difference, etc.; as, the negotiations at Ghent .

An important negotiation with foreign powers. Macaulay.

Negotiator <Xpage=969>

Ne*go"ti*a`tor (?) , n. [L.: cf. F. n\'82gociateur .] One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public compacts.

Negotiatory <Xpage=969>

Ne*go"ti*a*to*ry (? &or; ?) , a. Of or pertaining to negotiation.

Negotiatrix <Xpage=969>

Ne*go`ti*a"trix (?) , n. [L.] A woman who negotiates.

Miss Edgeworth.

Negotiosity <Xpage=969>

Ne*go`ti*os"i*ty (?) , n. [L. negotiositas .] The state of being busy; multitude of business. [Obs.]

Negotious <Xpage=969>

Ne*go"tious (?) , a. [L. negotiosus .] Very busy; attentive to business; active. [R.]

D. Rogers.

Negotiousness <Xpage=969>

Ne*go"tious*ness , n. The state of being busily occupied; activity. [R.]

D. Rogers.

Negress <Xpage=969>

Ne"gress (?) , n. ; pl. Negresses (<?/) . [Cf. F. n\'82grese , fem. of n\'82gre a negro. See Negro .] A black woman; a female negro.

Negrita <Xpage=969>

Ne*gri"ta (?) , n. [Sp., blackish, fem. of negrito , dim. of negro black.] (Zo\'94l.) A blackish fish ( Hypoplectrus nigricans ), of the Sea-bass family. It is a native of the West Indies and Florida.

Negritic <Xpage=969>

Ne*grit"ic (?) , a. Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes.

Keary.

Negritos <Xpage=969>

Ne*gri"tos (?) , n. pl. ; sing Negrito (<?/) . [Sp., dim. of negro black.] (Ethnol.) A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads.

Negro <Xpage=969>

Ne"gro (?) , n. ; pl. Negroes (<?/) . [Sp. or Pg. negro , fr. negro black, L. niger ; perh. akin to E. night .] A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found. <-- 2. A person of dark skin color descended at least in part from African negroes; an African-American. [U.S. usage, sometimes considered offensive.] -->

Negro <Xpage=969>

Ne"gro , a. of or pertaining to negroes; black.

Negro bug (Zo\'94l.) , a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry. It produced a very disagreeable flavor. -- negro corn , the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the West Indies. see Durra .

McElrath.

-- Negro fly (Zo\'94l.) , a black dipterous fly ( Psila ros\'91 ) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also carrot fly . -- Negro head (Com.) , Cavendish tobacco. [Cant]

McElrath.

-- Negro monkey (Zo\'94l.) , the moor monkey.

Negroid <Xpage=969>

Ne"groid (?) , a. [ Negro + -oid .] 1. Characteristic of the negro.

2. Resembling the negro or negroes; of or pertaining to those who resemble the negro.

Negroloid <Xpage=969>

Ne"gro*loid (?) , a. See Negroid .

Negus <Xpage=969>

Ne"gus (?) , n. A beverage made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice; -- so called, it is said, from its first maker, Colonel Negus .

Nehiloth <Xpage=969>

Ne"hi*loth (?) , n. pl. [Heb.] (Script.) A term supposed to mean, perforated wind instruments of music, as pipes or flutes.

Ps. v. (heading).

Nehushtan <Xpage=969>

Ne*hush"tan (?) , n. [Heb.] A thing of brass; -- the name under which the Israelites worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses.

2 Kings xviii. 4.

Neif, Neife <Xpage=969>

Neif , Neife (?) , n. [OF. ne\'8bf , na\'8bf , a born serf, fr. L. nativus born, imparted by birth. See Native .] A woman born in the state of villeinage; a female serf.

Blackstone.

Neif, Neaf <Xpage=969>

Neif , Neaf (?) , n. [Icel. hnefi ; akin to Dan. n\'91ve , Sw. n\'84fve .] The first. [Obs.] "I kiss thy neif ." "Give me your neaf ."

Shak.

Neigh <Xpage=969>

Neigh (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Neighed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Neighing .] [OE. neien , AS. hn<?/gan , prob. of imitative origin; cf. MHG. n<?/gen , Icel. hneggja , gneggja , Sw. gn\'84gga . Cf. Nag a horse.] 1. To utter the cry of the horse; to whinny.

2. To scoff or sneer; to jeer. [Obs.]

Neighed at his nakedness. Beau. & Fl.

Neigh <Xpage=969>

Neigh , n. The cry of a horse; a whinny.

Neighbor <Xpage=969>

Neigh"bor (?) , n. [OE. neighebour , AS. ne\'a0hgeb<?/r ; ne\'a0h nigh + geb <?/ r a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur , G. nachbar , OHG. n\'behgib<?/r . See Nigh , and Boor .] [Spelt also neighbour .] 1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.

Chaucer.