A1 noun محايد

negative

/ˈneɡətɪv/

In photography and art, a negative is a piece of film where the light and dark areas are reversed. It is used as a template to create the final photograph on paper.

أمثلة

3 من 5
1

I found an old negative of my family from many years ago.

I found an old film strip of my family from many years ago.

2

The archives department must store each negative in a temperature-controlled room.

The archives department must keep each film original in a special room.

3

Check the negative to see if the picture is blurry.

Look at the film strip to see if the picture is not clear.

عائلة الكلمة

اسم
negative
Verb
negate
ظرف
negatively
صفة
negative
مرتبط
negativity
💡

نصيحة للحفظ

Think of the film as the 'opposite' of the world: black hair looks white, and white shirts look black.

اختبار سريع

The photographer took the ______ into the darkroom to make a paper print.

صحيح!

الإجابة الصحيحة هي: negative

أمثلة

1

I found an old negative of my family from many years ago.

everyday

I found an old film strip of my family from many years ago.

2

The archives department must store each negative in a temperature-controlled room.

formal

The archives department must keep each film original in a special room.

3

Check the negative to see if the picture is blurry.

informal

Look at the film strip to see if the picture is not clear.

4

Chemical processes in the darkroom transform the exposed film into a negative.

academic

Chemical actions in the darkroom turn the film into a reversed image.

5

Our studio provides high-resolution digital scans for every negative provided.

business

Our business makes digital copies of every film strip provided.

عائلة الكلمة

اسم
negative
Verb
negate
ظرف
negatively
صفة
negative
مرتبط
negativity

تلازمات شائعة

develop a negative to process film so the image can be seen
photographic negative a piece of film used to make a photo
scan a negative to turn a film image into a digital file
black and white negative a negative that does not have colors
original negative the first film image captured by the camera

العبارات الشائعة

in the negative

referring to the state of the film image

prove a negative

to try to show that something did not happen

double negative

a grammar term where two 'no' words are used together

يُخلط عادةً مع

negative vs positive

A positive is the final normal picture, while a negative has reversed colors.

negative vs minus

Minus is a mathematical symbol, while negative refers to the film or an opposite state.

📝

ملاحظات الاستخدام

When used in art or photography, this word is a countable noun. It specifically refers to the physical film strip before it is printed.

⚠️

أخطاء شائعة

Learners often think 'negative' only means 'bad' or 'no', but in art, it is a physical object you can hold.

💡

نصيحة للحفظ

Think of the film as the 'opposite' of the world: black hair looks white, and white shirts look black.

📖

أصل الكلمة

From the Latin 'negativus', meaning to deny or say no, because the light values are the opposite of the truth.

أنماط نحوية

Countable noun (singular: negative, plural: negatives) Used with verbs like 'develop', 'print', or 'scan' Often preceded by 'a' or 'the'
🌍

السياق الثقافي

Before digital cameras, every person had to take their film to a shop to get negatives developed into photos.

اختبار سريع

The photographer took the ______ into the darkroom to make a paper print.

صحيح!

الإجابة الصحيحة هي: negative

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