[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/negative.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / negative [← N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/N/) # negative «negative» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **less than zero, like -3, written with a minus sign** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech adjective (negative, more negative); noun (a negative, negatives) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A negative number is less than zero, like -3, written with a minus sign. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#m1) 2) Negative means saying or meaning "no", like a negative answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#m2) 3) Negative means bad, unhelpful or gloomy: a negative attitude. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#m3) 4) A negative test result means the thing tested for was not found. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#m4) 5) In science, negative is one end of a battery or a kind of electric charge (-). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#m5) 6) A negative is an old film photo where light and dark are swapped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#m6) 7) Negative can also mean the reverse or opposite side of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#m7) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah, "negative" is one of the three opposing principles, balanced by the "affirmative", with a third that equalizes them. Interpretation: The commentators read the three as a pattern of balance in creation: merit, guilt and the one that settles between them. They link it with the three mother letters. In the primary lessons: In maths: negative numbers on a number line, temperatures below zero, money owed. In science: positive and negative terminals and charges. In everyday life: a negative result on a test is often good news. In grammar: a negative sentence has "not" or "no". Phrases: negative number, in the negative, negative feedback, double negative. ### examples - There are three of which every one of them stands by itself; one is in the affirmative, the other in the negative and one equalizes them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#x1) - -5 is a negative number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#x2) - The temperature was negative 4 degrees overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#x3) - Her answer was negative: she said no. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#x4) - Try not to be so negative about the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#x5) - The COVID test came back negative, so he could go to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#x6) - Connect the wire to the negative end of the battery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#x7) - "I don't know nothing" is a double negative. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#x8) - Any number times a negative number changes its sign. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#x9) - Below zero on the thermometer, the numbers are negative. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#x10) - The Holy Water which destroys the Fiend is merely a Christian form of the "Water of Death," viewed in its negative aspect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/#x11) ### note Opposite: positive. Maths rules: negative + negative is more negative; a negative times a negative is positive; -3 is smaller than -1. Trap: a "negative" medical result usually means good news. Trap: "minus" is the operation; "negative" is the kind of number, though people say "minus 5" for -5. ### In the corpora - ["Not untrue" is a double negative meaning "true".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/7/) - ["Negative patient outcome" is American hospital jargon for "the patient died".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/7/) - ["Negative cash flow" means spending more money than comes in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/10/) - [Economists do the same with bad news: "negative growth" sounds like growing, but it means the economy got smaller.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/3/) - ["Negative growth" means the economy is shrinking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/17/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «negative» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/negative/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.