Negative Definition–adjective | 1. | expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question. |
| 2. | refusing consent, as to a proposal: a negative reply to my request. |
| 3. | expressing refusal to do something: He maintained a negative attitude about cooperating. |
| 4. | prohibitory, as a command or order. |
| 5. | characterized by the absence of distinguishing or marked qualities or features; lacking positive attributes (opposed to positive): a dull, lifeless, negative character. |
| 6. | lacking in constructiveness, helpfulness, optimism, cooperativeness, or the like: a man of negative viewpoint. |
| 7. | being without rewards, results, or effectiveness: a search of the premises proved negative. |
| 8. | Mathematics, Physics. | a. | involving or noting subtraction; minus. |
| b. | measured or proceeding in the direction opposite to that which is considered as positive. |
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| 9. | Photography. noting an image in which the brightness values of the subject are reproduced so that the lightest areas are shown as the darkest. |
| 10. | Electricity. | a. | of, pertaining to, or characterized by negative electricity. |
| b. | indicating a point in a circuit that has a lower potenti
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| 11. | Medicine/Medical. failing to show a positive result in a test for a specific disease caused by either bacteria or viruses. |
| 12. | Chemistry. (of an element or group) tending to gain electrons and become negatively charged; acid. |
| 13. | Physiology. responding in a direction away from the stimulus. |
| 14. | of, pertaining to, or noting the south pole of a magnet. |
| 15. | Logic. (of a proposition) denying the truth of the predicate with regard to the subject. |
–noun | 16. | a negative statement, answer, word, gesture, etc.: The ship signaled back a negative. |
| 17. | a refusal of assent: to answer a request with a negative. |
| 18. | the negative form of statement. |
| 19. | a person or number of persons arguing against a resolution, statement, etc., esp. a team upholding the negative side in a formal debate. |
| 20. | a negative quality or characteristic. |
| 21. | disadvantage; drawback: The plan is generally brilliant, but it has one or two negatives. |
| 22. | Mathematics.
| b. | a negative quantity or symbol. |
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| 23. | Photography. a negative image, as on a film, used chiefly for making positives. |
| 24. | Electricity. the negative plate or element in a voltaic cell. |
| 25. | Archaic. a veto, or right of veto: The delegation may exercise its negative. |
–adverb | 26. | (used to indicate a negative response): “You won't come with us?” “Negative.” |
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| 28. | to refute or disprove (something). |
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29. | to refuse assent or consent to; veto. |
| 30. | to neutralize or counteract. |
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31. | (used to indicate disagreement, denial of permission, etc.): Negative, pilot—complete your mission as directed. |
—Idiom| 32. | in the negative, in the form of a negative response, as a refusal, denial, or disagreement; no: The reply, when it finally came, was in the negative. |
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Calorie Definition–noun |
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1. | Thermodynamics.
| b. | (usually initial capital letter ) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal |
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| 2. | Physiology. | a. | a unit equal to the kilocalorie, used to express the heat output of an organism and the fuel or energy value of food. |
| b. | a quantity of food capable of producing such an amount of energy. |
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Diet Definition–noun | 1. | food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health: Milk is a wholesome article of diet. |
| 2. | a particular selection of food, esp. as designed or prescribed to improve a person's physical condition or to prevent or treat a disease: a diet low in sugar. |
| 3. | such a selection or a limitation on the amount a person eats for reducing weight: No pie for me, I'm on a diet. |
| 4. | the foods eaten, as by a particular person or group: The native diet consists of fish and fruit. |
| 5. | food or feed habitually eaten or provided: The rabbits were fed a diet of carrots and lettuce. |
| 6. | anything that is habitually provided or partaken of: Television has given us a steady diet of game shows and soap operas. |
–verb (used with object) | 7. | to regulate the food of, esp. in order to improve the physical condition. |
–verb (used without object) | 9. | to select or limit the food one eats to improve one's physical condition or to lose weight: I've dieted all month and lost only one pound. |
| 10. | to eat or feed according to the requirements of a diet. |
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